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Object Number
05-2-70/64852
Display Title
Stone with carved bird-man figures
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone with carved opposed bird-man figures and vulvas
Inventory Description
Carving, stone with carved bird-man figures
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1905
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Chile
/
Rapa Nui
/
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/
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Orongo, lower part
Intrasite
From shore base of mountain at extreme south west of island
Materials
Volcanic rock
Dimensions
Overall: 60 x 88 x 30 cm (23 5/8 x 34 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Overall, Weight: 213184.5 g (213.185 kg)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Alexander Agassiz
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1904-1905 - 1905)
Expedition
Albatross Expedition
(1904-1905)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(04/1905)
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