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Object Number
99-12-70/53394
Display Title
Paddle-shaped staff
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Staff, cylindrical wood shaft, braided fiber band, hair extension at tip
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Marquesas Islands
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 325 x 10 x 6 cm (127 15/16 x 3 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
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|
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| |
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| |
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|
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| |
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| |
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| |
| 2003.1.1223 | Staff (?), wood, pointed end tapered to perforated bowl, braided fiber wrap 1 |
Staff
|
South America
| |
|
Media Restricted
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Staff
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