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Bird's head in wood
Object Number 99-12-70/53607
Display Title Bird's head in wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, carved bird head with comb, inlay shell eye, stylized
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 10.6 x 4.1 cm (6 11/16 x 4 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53607
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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