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Object Number
2004.24.24222E
Display Title
Large carved wooden head used at top of entrance of the meetinghouse
Descriptions
Object Description
Large carved wooden head used at top of entrance of meeting house
Keywords
- Effigy
- Ethnographic
- Studio
Subject
- Wood
- Head
Department
Photographic
Date
1965
Artist
Joya Hairs
Culture
- Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
/
Gisborne
/
<County>
/
Gisborne
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 5.72 x 5.72 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
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