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Object Number
2004.24.18191
Display Title
Carved ancestral figure and cylinder
Descriptions
Object Description
Ancestral figure and cylinder. Museum fuer Volk, Berlin. New Hebrides Neuen Hebriden. Acc. No. 46-54. Cf. (Sydow-Die Kunst der Natur-Voelker under der Vorzeit) F.A. 178.18.9, page 202.
Subject
- Ancestor
- Figure
- Carved
Department
Photographic
Artist
Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
- Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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