Figure

Museum number:
11-759
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.18
Description:
carved wooden figure; base form lime spatula
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Gulf of Papua, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Verbatim coll. place:
New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
November 26, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1929: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–1945) and S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 11-759, described as carved wooden figure; base form lime spatulaHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figure, accession number 11-759, described as carved wooden figure; base form lime spatula
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 11-759, described as carved wooden figure; base form lime spatula

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