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Object Number 2004.29.24414
Display Title Man carrying fe'i
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Tahiti / Man with bunches of "Fei."
Department Photographic
Date 1880-1930
Culture
  • Tahitian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Windward Islands / Tahiti
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 × 16.51 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)

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