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Object Number 2004.29.24254
Display Title Carved wooden clubs
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Polynesia / Miscellaneous / Marquesas / Tonga, Marquesas. Etc Specimens in possession / of O. Oldman. 1920."
Department Photographic
Date 1920
Culture
  • Marquesan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Marquesas Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Tonga
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 11.1125 cm (6 × 4 3/8 in.)

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