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Object Number
99-12-70/53584
Display Title
Foot piece for dancing stilt
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, flat base, curved back, standing human figure on front
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Marquesas Islands
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 7 x 11 cm (14 9/16 x 2 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53584
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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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 99-12-70/53585 | Foot piece for dancing stilt |
Carving
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Marquesas Islands
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| 96-20-70/48224.1 | Carved wooden foot-pieces for stilts |
Tools
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Hiva Oa
| |
| 96-20-70/48224.2 | Carved wooden foot-pieces for stilts |
Tools
|
Hiva Oa
| |
| 56-55-60/15865.1.43 | Chinese mummers dancing on stilts and singing in inn courtyard |
Wang Yeh Fu
| ||
| 96-25-70/49447 | Dancing shield |
Carving
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
Media Restricted
| 2008.20.59 | Carving of dancing woman with raised arms |
Carving
|
Alaska
| |
| 2008.20.52 | Carving of dancing mother with child |
Carving
|
Cape Dorset
| |
| 2010.5.36373 | Wooden house on stilts |
China
| ||
| 56-55-60/15865.1.40 | Chinese mummers dance on stilts in inn courtyard |
Wang Yeh Fu
| ||
| 65-7-10/44100 | Stone carving - dance scene |
Carving
|
Repulse Bay?
| |
| 2010.5.36372 | Wooden house on stilts with people in front |
Heilongjiang
| ||
| 2008.11.9.5 | Thorn carving, people at work; 5 of 7 |
Carving
|
Nigeria
|