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Figure of fish in wood
Object Number 99-12-70/53610
Display Title Figure of fish in wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, carved fish with human head appendage, inlay eyes
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Wood, Shell, Obsidian
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 16.8 x 2.1 cm (11 13/16 x 6 5/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53610
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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