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Gos, Hos, Weather Effigy

2000.01.0125

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Artifact Identification Gos, Hos, Weather Effigy   (2000.01.0125)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Ceremonial Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Religious Objects
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1962
Culture Micronesian
Location On Exhibitin the Southeast Asia and Oceania exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 37.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 10.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 10.0 cm
Weight 673 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Animal--Beak, Pigment, Plaster, Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Cutting, Painting

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Alkire, William H. Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-island Socioeconomic Ties. Illinois Studies in Anthropology, No. 5. University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 1965.

Kramer, Augustin. Ergebnisse der Sudsee Expedition 1908-1910. (ed.) G. Thilenius. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co., 1937. Pp. 156-157, 271.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication William H. Alkire Collection, Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC
Reproduction No

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