FMNH 273245.nosub[1]

  • 273245 wood tablet
    Photographer: John G. Maniatis
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    Description: reference image in mount
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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] [TOP MARGIN] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | Catalogue No. 273245 | ENT | Accession No. 2616 | Field Catalogue No. FC-2258 | Negative No. 97136 106350 | Sub. Ind. No. 51-1 [MAIN BODY] General Provenience: Polynesia Easter Island | Where Collected: Easter Island | Where Made: | Attribution: | Tribe: | People: | Culture: | Brief description: Trade type tablet | Detailed description: Carving made in about 1925 for the collector (Edmunds) in the form of a large bodied fish. Color of the carving is black. Its sides are covered with incised elements of Easter Island script. | See reverse | Dimensions (in cm): | Length: 27.7 | Width: 10.0 | Height: | Circumference: | Diameter: | Fuller Collection: Purchased from Captain A.W.F. Fuller of London, England, in 1958. | Produced (1925-29) for Fuller (acquisition 1930) via P.H. Edmunds. Easter Island origin implied.
  • 273245 wood tablet
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: photo archives image
Catalog Number: 273245.nosub[1]
Description: tablet
Materials: wood
Cultural Attribution: Easter Islander
Accession Number: [2616] A. W. F. Fuller (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1958
Other Numbers: FC 2258, 97136, 106350
Collector/Source: Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller, Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller
EMu IRN: 1182160
GUID: fff33cbb-6962-4219-99c9-040595244f53

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