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Rarotonga Staff god (64.4 centimeters) carved wood, grotesque
Rarotonga Staff god (64.4 centimeters) carved wood, grotesque
Object Number 2004.24.30374C
Display Title Rarotonga Staff god (64.4 centimeters) carved wood, grotesque
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ceremony
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Staff
  • Wood
Department Photographic
Date 1982
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand / Cook Islands / Hervey Island
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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