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Small stone ancestral image - blackened
Small stone ancestral image - blackened
Object Number 38-79-70/929
Display Title Small stone ancestral image - blackened
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, small carving, standing figure, headdress, hands together, chipped
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island
Materials Stone, Palm leaf
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 3 x 2.5 cm (3 1/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-79-70/929
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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