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Object Number
2004.24.14177
Display Title
Anthropomorphic figure of bark cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Grotesque human effigy covered with painted tapa. Easter Island. 5 x 7. Photograph by F. P. Orchard. 1936. Cat. No.: 99-12-70/53543
Keywords
- Effigy
- Ethnographic
- Studio
Subject
- Painted
- Effigy
- Head
- Grotesque
- Tapa
- Human
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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