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Object Number 99-12-70/53542
Display Title Anthropomorphic figure of bark cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, tapa cloth, moulded and painted seated male, inlay nails, fabric
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date 1850 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 18 x 10 cm (18 1/2 x 7 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53542
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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Anthropomorphic figure of bark cloth
99-12-70/53543 Anthropomorphic figure of bark cloth
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99-12-70/53541 Head-piece in form of animal head covered with painted tapa
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Tapa cloth sample
82-19-70/26468.3 Tapa cloth sample
Tapa
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Tapa cloth sample
82-19-70/26468.14 Tapa cloth sample
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Tapa cloth sample
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Tapa cloth sample
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