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Object Number 2004.24.17962
Display Title Wooden figure of Fisherman's god (Tara-Nui)
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Wood
  • Artifact
  • God
  • Effigy
Department Photographic
Date 11/10/1945
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Additional Geographic Terms Cook Islands
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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