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19th century

On view, 3rd floor, Indo-Pacific Art

Medium: Wood with shell
Dimensions: 67 1/2 × 4 5/16 × 5 1/8 in. (171.5 × 11 × 13 cm)
base: 10 13/16 × 9 3/16 × 5 1/8 in. (27.5 × 23.3 × 13 cm)
Credit Line: Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
Loan number: ILE2012.30.372
Geography: Made in Leti, Moluccas, Indonesia
Culture: Leti
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Ex-collection: Rautenstrauch Joest Museum, Cologne n. 36522; E. Deletaille, Brussels; F. Pinault, Paris

Bibliography

Christie's France, Paris, Arts Primitifs: Collection d'un Amateur, sale cat. (2002).

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

effigies, figures (representations)

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