Tomb marker or house post

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Tomb marker or house post
Tomb marker or house post
Tomb marker or house post

Tomb marker or house post

Maker
Date900-1435
GeographyPeru, South America
MediumWood
Dimensionsoverall: 48 3/4 in. x 14 1/2 in. (123.8 cm x 36.8 cm)
ClassificationDECORATIVE ARTS
Credit LineGift of Margaret Strauss Travers (Class of 1966)
Object number2015.106
Status
On view
RightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Image Not Available for Lug-Handled Vessel
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Image Not Available for Movenga (Post from a Temple)
possibly Tsogopossibly Sangu
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Agbonbiofe Adeshina (or workshop of)
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Anything For Me if You Please?"--Post-Office of the Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Comission., published in "Harper's Weekly," 1864
after Winslow Homer
Anything For Me if You Please?"--Post-Office of the Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Comission., published in "Harper's Weekly," 1864
published 1864
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