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Object Number 2004.29.24266
Display Title Stone carvings on rocky hillside
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Marquesas Is. / Puamua, Hiva Oa / [verso] / Puamua, Marquesas, Soc. Isds."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1920
Culture
  • Marquesan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Marquesas Islands / Hiva Oa / Puamua
Dimensions Overall: 12.065 × 17.145 cm (4 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.)

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