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Object Number
2004.24.18210
Display Title
Handles of spatula with bird's head motif
Descriptions
Object Description
Handles of spatulae with bird's head motif. Trobriands. Cranmore Museum. New Guinea. Acc. No. 46-54. 3 x 4 cf Frith, Art and Life in New Guinea. page 64 (Peabody Museum). Photograph F.B. Pleasants.
Subject
- Handle
- Motif
- Decorated
- Bird
- Spatula
Department
Photographic
Artist
Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
- Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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