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Unidentified Samoan maker

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collected 1893-1897

Wood, white pigment, and plant fiber

Overall: 26 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 1 3/4 in. (68 × 9 × 4.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium

172.12.25352

Geography

Place Made: Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania

Place Made: Western Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania

Period

19th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Henry Clay Ide, 1893-1897; given to his daughter Anne Ide Cockran (Mrs. W. Bourke Cockran); given to The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont; acquired by present collection in Exchange 160, 1972.

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