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Object Number
2004.24.14527
Display Title
Head-piece in form of animal head covered with painted bark cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
The God "Make-Make." Headdress (?) in form of a frog. Head covered with painted tapa. Easter Island. Photograph by F.P. Orchard
Keywords
- Mask and Headdress
- Ethnographic
- Studio
Subject
- Tapa
- Face
- Clothing
- Headgear
- Headdress
- Head
- Grotesque
- Paint
Department
Photographic
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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