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Object Number
28-6-60/D3257
Display Title
Mermaid
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sculpture, anthropomorphic torso, fish tail, tufts of animal hair, teeth and cla
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Japan
Dimensions
Overall: 38 x 13 x 13.5 cm (14 15/16 x 5 1/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/3257
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Carrie F. Lamb
(1928)
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