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Fishes head in wood
Object Number 99-12-70/53609
Display Title Fishes head in wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, wood carving in shape of fish head, incised lines, shell inlay eye
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 7 x 7 cm (1 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53609
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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