Figure
18034
From: Marquesas Islands | Nuku Hiva | Near Typee Valley
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 18034 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Marquesas Islands | Nuku Hiva | Near Typee Valley |
| Date Made | Before 1874 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Tiki Akan, Wooden. In the Marquesas Islands such large wooden figures (tiki), representing deified ancestors, were placed on stone platforms at ritual sites.This one was found near Tai Pi Vai (Herman Melville's "Typee") Valley. |
| Height | 142 cm |
| Length | 16 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of William Pepper, 1891 |
| Other Number | LE700 - Other Number |
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