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Photograph
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Object Number 2004.24.22112
Display Title Photograph
Descriptions
Object Description Carved tree trunk (door post?) trophy heads and snakes
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Tree Trunk
  • Snake
  • Head
Department Photographic
Date May 1955
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Taiwan
Additional Geographic Terms Mountain Taitung Hsien
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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