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matakau

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Figure
Dimensions
Gewicht: 13,15 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 106,5 x 34 x 26 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre , Bark pulp , Tooth (boar), Glass (beads), Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 4607

Provenance and sources

when
before 1882
where
Polynesia [Großregion]
Fiji [Land]

who
Steinen, Karl von den - Former Possessors

Description
Purchase from Karl von den Steinen in 1882

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