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Wooden carving - mother & child (24" high)
Object Number 59-29-70/3897
Display Title Wooden carving - mother & child (24" high)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, 2 standing anthropomorphic figures, 1 holding other, head upraised
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1956
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Obsidian, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 63.4 x 17.4 x 17.4 cm (24 15/16 x 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 59-29-70/3897
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1956-1959)
Donor Donated by Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1959)

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