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Stone houses, with sculptured rocks in background
Stone houses, with sculptured rocks in background
Object Number 2004.29.24162
Display Title Stone houses, with sculptured rocks in background
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Easter Island / Polynesia / Stone houses at Orongo forming angle with sculptured / rocks in the background."; printed on photograph: ""Albatross" Eastern Pacific Ex. 1904-1905. / Agassiz Report. Plate 47."
Department Photographic
Date 1904-1905
Artist Prof. Henry Bryant Bigelow
Artist Alexander Agassiz Expedition
Culture
  • Rapa Nui
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui / <County> / <City> / Orongo, lower part
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 13.97 × 20.6375 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.)

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