FMNH 272973.nosub[1]

  • 272973 stone; lava figure
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    Scanner: Allison Coates : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | Catalogue No. 272973 | ENT | Accession No. 2616 | Field Catalogue No. FC-4 | Negative No. 94040 | Sub. Ind. No. 51-1 | General Provenience: Polynesia (Society Islands) Tahiti | Where Collected: | Where Made: | Attribution: Tahiti | Tribe: | People: | Culture: Tahitian | Brief description: Idol | Detailed description: Upper half of a human figure carved in lava (possibly some olivine and garnet included). An old label reads: "idol de Tahiti." This is an old and rare specimen. | See reverse | Dimensions (in cm): | Length: 15.8 | Width: 9.5 | Height: | Circumference: | Diameter: | Fuller Collection: Purchased from Captain A.W.F. Fuller of London, England, in 1958. | Acquired by Fuller on June 12, 1906.
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    Creator: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: excerpt of conversations on Sonoband 1 between Roland Force and Captain A.W.F. Fuller, 1958
Catalog Number: 272973.nosub[1]
Description: figure
Materials: stone; lava
Cultural Attribution: Tahitian
Accession Number: [2616] A. W. F. Fuller (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1958
Other Numbers: FC 4 ?, 97040
Collector/Source: Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller, Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller
EMu IRN: 1181481
GUID: cbf05470-2bf1-4b26-9e2b-aa2f9ec8e122

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