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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
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Provenance
Collector
Harry S. Woodward
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