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Wooden figure - ancestor aju - female
Wooden figure - ancestor aju - female
Object Number 37-98-70/678
Display Title Wooden figure - ancestor aju - female
Descriptions
Indigenous Term adjoe noewoe
Inventory Description Figurine, carved wood female figure, standing, red cloth tied at head, waist
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood, Fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 40 x 8 x 7 cm (15 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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