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Group of 7 wooden ancestral images, bound together by wooden bar
Group of 7 wooden ancestral images, bound together by wooden bar
Object Number 38-79-70/921
Display Title Group of 7 wooden ancestral images, bound together by wooden bar
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, carved wood, seven human figures attached with fiber to wood bar
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island
Materials Wood, Pigment, Fiber, Palm leaf
Dimensions Overall: 42.3 x 54 x 9.3 cm (16 5/8 x 21 1/4 x 3 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-79-70/921
Provenance
Collector Mr. Chester S. Chard (1937-1938)
Collector Mrs. Chester S. Chard (1937-1938)
Donor Donated by Mr. Chester S. Chard
Donor Donated by Mrs. Chester S. Chard

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