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

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