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Object Number 04-19-70/10874.1.29
Display Title Skull of a chief of the Kelabit tribe
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Borneo / Skull of a chief of the Kelabit tribe. / Gift of W. H. Furness, 3rd, 1907 / Acc. no. 04-19"
Department Photographic
Date 1897-1898
Artist Hiram M. Hiller
Artist Alfred Craven Harrison Jr.
Culture
  • Rejang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 × 15.875 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector Dr. William H. Furness, III
Donor Donated by Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania

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