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Carving of mother and child in wood about 40" high
Carving of mother and child in wood about 40" high
Object Number 62-48-70/4060
Display Title Carving of mother and child in wood about 40" high
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, carved wood anthropomorphic standing figures, shell inlay, resin area
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1962
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Additional Geographic Terms Polynesia
Materials Wood, Shell, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 90.8 x 21 x 16.2 cm (35 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 62-48-70/4060
Provenance
Intermediary Dr. William Rotch Bullard, Jr. (07/19/1963)
Donor Mr. Eliot Elisofon (12/17/1962)

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