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Loan Object
Ancestor Post
19th century
Wood with shell
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)
base: 10 13/16 × 9 3/16 × 5 1/8 in. (27.5 × 23.3 × 13 cm)
Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2012.30.372
Geography:
Made in Leti, Moluccas, Indonesia
Status:
On view
Culture:
Leti
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Sculpture
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).
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