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Harpoon float
Title:
Harpoon float
Date:
19th–early 20th century
Location:
de Young
Gallery 30
Century:
19th Century AD
Media:
Wood, Lime, Traditional Repair Made To Basketry
Dimensions:
7.6 x 25.4 x 18.4 cm (3 x 10 x 7 1/4 in.)
Department:
Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Object Type:
Tool Or Implement
Country:
New Guinea
Continent:
Oceania
Culture/People:
Ezari (Siari) Village, Northwest Of Rumberpon Island
Provenance:

"Pierre Loeb Collection, Paris; Robert Emile Bouchard Collection, Montreuil, France." (Catalog #548, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 181.)

Accession Number:
2010.77.49
Acquisition Date:
2010-06-10
Credit Line:

Gift of Marcia and John Friede (purchased in part with funds from the Evelyn A.J. Hall Charitable Trust)