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Uchu: Male figure (Uncle Sam)?
Uchu: Male figure (Uncle Sam)?
Object Number 971-14-20/23916
Display Title Uchu: Male figure (Uncle Sam)?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved human figure on base
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Mamitupu
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 8.5 x 8 cm (9 7/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-14-20/23916 / MAM 310B
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971
Provenance
Collector Mrs. F. Louis Hoover
Collector Dr. F. Louis Hoover
Donor Donated by Dr. F. Louis Hoover (06/1971)
Donor Donated by Mrs. F. Louis Hoover (06/1971)

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