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Dublin Core

Title

Ivory: sculpture

Description

One yellow-brown carved ivory figure in the form of a robed bearded man bearing two large gourds or globular bundles and an upside-down bat on the top of his head. Head and facial hair tinted with dark pigment. One of the bat's wings appears to have broken off.

Source

Rewi Alley

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

40x26x53mm (l x w x h)

Museum Ac. No.

C1956.341

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Collection

Citation

“Ivory: sculpture,” China, Art and Cultural Diplomacy, accessed November 21, 2024, http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/805.