mask;
figure
- Museum number
- Oc.6928
- Description
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Fish-shaped figure forming part of a mask, of turtle-shell. Drilled holes in fins, engraved on one side, and perforated with holes.
- Production date
- 1870 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 14 centimetres
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Width: 22 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Given by A.W.Franks, 9/11/1870, purchased by him from W.J.Kennett. See Christy "Additions, 1868-1877, pp.127-128. See also similar (duplicate ?) figure found unnumbered in 1998, registered Oc1998,Q.24.
Compare with Oc1998,Q.24.
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Register slip comment:
Part of a mask from Mt Ernest or Mulgrave Ids, one of the two.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1870
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.6928
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1870C1.6928 (old CDMS no.)
