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Object Number
2004.24.17255
Display Title
Wooden figures, human, fish, and animal
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden figures- human, fish, and animal. Easter Island. Taken by F.P. Orchard, November 1944. Cat. Nos.: 53599 (human); 53602 (animal); 53610 (fish).
Keywords
- Effigy
- Studio
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Figurine
- Animal
- Effigy
- Figure
- Human
- Wood
- Fish
Department
Photographic
Date
1944
Artist
Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
- Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Chile
/
Rapa Nui
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
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