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Bird figure in wood
Object Number 99-12-70/53606
Display Title Bird figure in wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, bird figure with human body, inlay eyes missing, fiber cord attached
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 12 x 4.5 cm (9 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53606
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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