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Object Number 2004.24.27137
Display Title Wood idol, Teriapatura Sonxof Ovo
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
Subject
  • Wood
  • Idol
  • Effigy
Department Photographic
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Windward Islands / Tahiti
Dimensions Overall: 5.72 x 6.99 cm (2 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

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