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Female human figure in wood (moai paepae)
Object Number 99-12-70/53600
Display Title Female human figure in wood (moai paepae)
Descriptions
Object Description Female human figure in wood (moai paepae)
Inventory Description Sculpture, standing female, inlay eyes, curvilinear designs on head
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Shell, Obsidian
Dimensions Overall: 54 x 12.8 x 10 cm (21 1/4 x 5 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-70/53600
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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