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Brass turtle, alligator, and other animal figurines
Brass turtle, alligator, and other animal figurines
Object Number 2004.24.17148
Display Title Brass turtle, alligator, and other animal figurines
Descriptions
Object Description Brass turtle (B4878); Brass allligator (L191); 3 brass animal figures (property of Dr. G.W. Harley) Liberia.See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 68, j thru n.
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Animal
  • Figurine
  • Brass
  • Turtle
  • Zoomorphic
  • Alligator
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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