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Figurine: Tangata Manu, Bird Man

2011.15.0002

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Artifact Identification Figurine: Tangata Manu, Bird Man   (2011.15.0002)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Art
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1959
Culture Rapanui
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 41.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Depth) 21 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 11.5 cm
Weight 712.0 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Wood, Textile, Animal--Bone
Manufacturing Processes Carved

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Ferdon, Edwin N. “Easter Island Exchange Systems.” Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Summer, 1958). pp. 136-151.

Kaeppler, Adrienne L. “Sculptures of Barkcloth and Wood from Rapa Nui: Symbolic Continuities and Polynesian Affinities.” RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics, No. 44 (Autumn, 2003). Pp. 10-69.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Sherry Walsh
Reproduction N/A

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