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Wooden figures - bird, turtle, spoon
Wooden figures - bird, turtle, spoon
Object Number 2004.24.17259
Display Title Wooden figures - bird, turtle, spoon
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden bird effigy (53607) wooden turtle effigy (53608) wooden spoon (74069) Easter Islands: Luzon Island ( 74069) Taken by F.P. Orchard. November, 1944.
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Turtle
  • Wood
  • Effigy
  • Spoon
  • Figure
  • Bird
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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