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Object Number
2004.29.24247
Display Title
Top of stilt of carved wood
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Marquesas Island / Polynesia / Top of stilt of sculptured / wood with brown / patination. It is decorated / with two large sculptured / & peirced tikis, one on top / of the other & two small / tikis on the side."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Marquesan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Marquesas Islands
Dimensions
Overall: 20.32 × 5.08 cm (8 × 2 in.)
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| 2004.29.24246 | Fan handle of carved wood |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24228 | Fan handle of carved wood |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24234 | Tattooing awl of carved bone |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24237 | Ear ornament of carved sea ivory and shells |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24245 | Ear ornament of sculptured sea ivory |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24239 | Club of carved wood |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24240 | Fan handle of carved wood |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24229 | Chief's collar ornament of carved human bone |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24235 | Chief's collar ornament of carved human bone |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24232 | Ear ornament of carved sea ivory |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24233 | Ear ornament of carved sea ivory and shells |
Marquesas Islands
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| 2004.29.24243 | Chief's collar of carved human bone |
Marquesas Islands
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