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Figure of fish in wood
Object Number 2004.24.24293A
Display Title Figure of fish in wood
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Fish
  • Effigy
  • Wood
Department Photographic
Date 1966
Culture
  • Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 9.53 x 11.43 cm (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)

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