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Wooden carving - lizard (21" long)
Wooden carving - lizard (21" long)
Object Number 59-29-70/3896
Display Title Wooden carving - lizard (21" long)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, carved cylindrical biomorhic figure, blackened, knobbed end
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1956
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 56.3 x 7 x 6.5 cm (22 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 59-29-70/3896
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1956)
Donor Mr. Eliot Elisofon (12/1959)

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