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Bird shaped eating dish
Object Number 2004.24.18204
Display Title Bird shaped eating dish
Descriptions
Object Description Eating dish. Museum of Leipzig. Admiralty Islands. Acc. No. 46-54. 3 x 4. of. Paravicini Collection. Photograph F.B. Pleasants.
Subject
  • Eat
  • Zoomorphic
  • Pottery
  • Dish
  • Bird
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Admiralty Islands
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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