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2003-32-10

From: New Caledonia

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-32-10
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Caledonia
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Palm Leaf Sheath | Bark Cloth | Pigment
Description

Thatching of palm leaf sheath, wall of bark cloth, carved and painted sculptures. Roof spire in the style of central Grande Terre (Boulay, La Maison Kanak p. 105). The carved piece that serves as a threshhold is carved as a lintel, not a sill, and may originally have gone over the door. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

Height 87.2 cm
Width 32.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1994.X.3216 - Other Number | L-552-18 - Other Number

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