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Object Number
2004.24.18207
Display Title
Decorative head of staff
Descriptions
Object Description
Head of Staff. A.W. Fuller Collection. New Guinea. Trobriand. Provinience. Acc. No. 46-54. 3 x 4. cf Frith, Art and Life in New Guinea. page 73(Peabody Museum). Photograph F.B. Pleasants.
Subject
- Carved
- Decorative
- Staff
- Head
Department
Photographic
Artist
Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
- Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Trobriand Islands
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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