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photographic print
(black and white)
;
postcard
Object Type
photographic print
(black and white)
postcard
Museum number
Oc,B102.28
Description
Postcard printed with a photograph (black and white); photograph of wooden carved anthropomorphic ancestor figure.
Production date
20thC
Materials
paper
Technique
printed
Dimensions
Height:
14.10 centimetres
Width:
9.10 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This ancestor's statue is from the Rijksmuseum collection, inventory number 1067 - 1.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
carving
ceremony/ritual
Associated names
Associated with:
Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden
Associated places
Associated with:
Astrolabe Bay
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Oc,B102.28