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Object Number 2004.24.18171
Display Title Maori wood carvings
Descriptions
Object Description Wood carving Rep. Grotesque and conventionalized human figures - Maori. Aukland Museum. New Zealand. Acc. No. 46-54. Cf. Journal of the Polyneasian Soc., vol. 41 and 42, 1932. Opp. 184 pl. I (a,b,c)
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
Subject
  • Anthropomorphic
  • Wood
  • Grotesque
  • Zoomorphic
  • Carved
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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