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Ancestral image, engraved coconut cup and wooden bowl with carved handles
Ancestral image, engraved coconut cup and wooden bowl with carved handles
Object Number 2004.24.17275
Display Title Ancestral image, engraved coconut cup and wooden bowl with carved handles
Descriptions
Object Description Ancestral image (74190) engraved coconut cup (55313) wooden bowl with carved handles (D/1247). Figi Islands (55313) Admiralty Islands Lambuzo (D/1247) Phillipine Islands: Lwzon Island (74190). Taken by: F.P. Orchard, November, 1944. Dfugaos Tribe (74190).
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Household
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Ancestor
  • Cup
  • Image
  • Face
  • engraved
  • Head
  • Coconut
  • Wood
  • Bowl
  • Handle
  • Carved
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Admiralty Islands
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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