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Object Number
2006.32.38
Display Title
Carved bone figure, "mere"
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved bone figure, "mere", the handle pierced for suspension and terminating in a tiki-like head; attached to metal base
Inventory Description
Communication artifacts, Art 3-D, Sculpture, flat, oval, extended "neck"
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Materials
Bone, Whalebone
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 12 x 2 cm (11 7/16 x 4 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Harvard University Art Museums
Provenance
Collector
Lilian Hertzberg
(4/29/1969)
Collector
Benjamin Hertzberg
(4/29/1969)
Dealer
Sotheby & Co.
(4/29/1969)
Donor
Harvard University Art Museums
(10/11/06)
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