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Head-piece in form of animal figure covered with painted bark cloth
Head-piece in form of animal figure covered with painted bark cloth
Object Number 2004.24.14176
Display Title Head-piece in form of animal figure covered with painted bark cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Headdress (?) in form of grotesque head covered with painted tapa. Easter Island. 5 x 7. Photograph by F. P. Orchard. 1936. Cat. No.: 99-12-70/53541
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
  • Mask and Headdress
Subject
  • Headdress
  • Head
  • Tapa
  • Grotesque
  • Headgear
Department Photographic
Date 1936
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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