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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
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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