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Carved stone anthropomorphic figure
Object Number 2004.29.24177
Display Title Carved stone anthropomorphic figure
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Easter Island / Southern Pacific Ocean / Stone god or Tiki from Easter Island, Southern Pacific Ocean - / owned by Capt. Fredk. Melville - Master of the Barque / New York on the Byrd Expedition to the Antarctic. / This photo presented to D. S. Byers, Peabody Museum, Harvard / University, Cambridge, Mass. / Jan 12, 1932 / By Harry S. Woodward / Lynn, Mass."
Department Photographic
Date 1928-1932
Culture
  • Rapa Nui
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Additional Geographic Terms outer face of the southern rim of Rano Raraka
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Provenance
Collector Harry S. Woodward

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