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Object Number 2004.24.21023
Display Title Bamboo headrest
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Furnishing
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
Subject
  • Headrest
  • bamboo
  • Pillow
  • Head
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 8.89 cm (5 x 3 1/2 in.)

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