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Object Number
99-12-70/53543
Display Title
Anthropomorphic figure of bark cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Grotesque human effigy covered with painted tapa. For additional information on the description and technology of manufacture see the Remarks section in the Conservation Record.
Inventory Description
Sculpture, tapa cloth, seated figure, painted face and body, inlay wood nails
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1850 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Chile
/
Rapa Nui
Dimensions
Overall: 40 x 15.5 x 16 cm (15 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53543
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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