Figure
- Museum number:
- 11-45550
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110045550
- Alternate number:
- 13 (previous number (donor's original number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4788
- Description:
- Carved wood (Cassia siamea) figure of a Palauan machas, or an elder or titled woman, with a basket on her head.
- Donor:
- Norden H. Cheatham
- Collection place:
- Palau
- Culture or time period:
- Palauan
- Maker or artist:
- Osiik
- Collector:
- Norden H. Cheatham
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material) (pheasant wood (common name))
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
- Accession date:
- August 22, 2012
- Department:
- Oceania
- Dimensions:
- whole— height 13 inches and whole— width 6 inches
- Images:
-