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Object Number
96-20-70/48224.1
Display Title
Carved wooden foot-pieces for stilts
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Unclassified tool, carved wood peg, human figure, braided cord, cracked
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Marquesas Islands
/
Hiva Oa
Additional Geographic Terms
Marquesas Islands
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 29.5 x 11.2 x 6.8 cm (11 5/8 x 4 7/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
96-20-70/48224.1
Provenance
Collector
George Russell Agassiz
(1896)
Donor
Donated by
George Russell Agassiz
(1896)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96-20-70/48224.2 | Carved wooden foot-pieces for stilts |
Tools
|
Hiva Oa
| |
| 2010.5.36373 | Wooden house on stilts |
China
| ||
| 2010.5.36372 | Wooden house on stilts with people in front |
Heilongjiang
| ||
| 2006.17.1.196.4 | Structure on stilts behind ebeai |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
![Wup. 2. small strucuture on stilts behind ebeai, containing roast or stea[m]ed pig from a curing ceremony](/internal/media/dispatcher/401979/postagestamp)
| 2006.17.1.194.9 | Wup. 2. small strucuture on stilts behind ebeai, containing roast or stea[m]ed pig from a curing ceremony |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2005.3.78.19 | Boy on stilts |
British Guiana
| ||
| 2004.24.7428 | Young boy on stilts in front of hut |
Kisangani
| ||
| 56-55-60/15865.1.40 | Chinese mummers dance on stilts in inn courtyard |
Paotow
Mongolia | ||
| 56-55-60/15865.1.44 | Chinese mummers exiting on stilts through narrow inn doorway |
Mongolia
Paotow | ||
| 56-55-60/15865.1.43 | Chinese mummers dancing on stilts and singing in inn courtyard |
Mongolia
Paotow | ||
| 99-12-70/53584 | Foot piece for dancing stilt |
Carving
|
Marquesas Islands
| |
| 99-12-70/53585 | Foot piece for dancing stilt |
Carving
|
Marquesas Islands
|