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Object Number
05-2-70/64843.1
Display Title
Staff of authority (ua)
Descriptions
Object Description
Staff of authority (and rush cover for same (ua)). See authorities and bibliographies for more info.
Inventory Description
Staff, carved wood, polished, flared end, top carved head, inlaid shell eyes
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1905
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Chile
/
Rapa Nui
Materials
Wood bone Obsidian Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 164 x 3 x 5.2 cm (64 9/16 x 1 3/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
64843.1
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1905
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1904-1905 - 1905)
Expedition
Albatross Expedition
(1904-1905)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(04/1905)
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