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Two wooden human effigies
Two wooden human effigies
Object Number 2004.24.17273
Display Title Two wooden human effigies
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden human figurines, Admiralty Islands. Taken by F.P. Orchard, November, 1944. Cat. Nos.: D/1255; D/1256.
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
  • Studio
Subject
  • Human
  • Carved
  • Figure
  • Effigy
  • Wood
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Admiralty Islands
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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