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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-70/53585 | Foot piece for dancing stilt |
Carving
|
Marquesas Islands
|
| 96-20-70/48224.2 | Carved wooden foot-pieces for stilts |
Tools
|
Hiva Oa
|
| 96-20-70/48224.1 | Carved wooden foot-pieces for stilts |
Tools
|
Hiva Oa
|
| 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
|
| 56-55-60/15865.1.43 | Chinese mummers dancing on stilts and singing in inn courtyard |
Wang Yeh Fu
|
|
| 65-7-10/44100 | Stone carving - dance scene |
Carving
|
Repulse Bay?
|
| 2008.11.9.5 | Thorn carving, people at work; 5 of 7 |
Carving
|
Nigeria
|
| 00-8-70/55639 | Dancing stick |
Carving
|
Ocean Island (Banaba)
|
| 2000.18.59 | Bone carving |
Carving
|
Alaska
|
| 2004.1.783 | Bone carving |
Carving
|
Oceania
|