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Double Tiki figure

Object PlaceMarquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Medium/TechniqueStone
DimensionsOverall: 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.311
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceAbout 1960, said to have been acquired from the Marquesas Islands by Pierre Langlois, Paris. 1969, Jay C. Leff (b. 1925 - d. 2000), Uniontown, PA; October 4, 1969, Leff and others sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 153. May 27, 1972, sold by the Galerie Alain Schoffel, Paris, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
Group shot: 2004.2235-2237
Maori peoples
19th–20th century
Group shot: 2004.2235-2237
Maori peoples
19th–20th century
Group shot: 2004.2235-2237
Maori peoples
19th–20th century
Yam cult head (yina)
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
20th century
Female figure (nogwi)
19th–20th century
Figure
19th–20th century
Arapesh Figure
20th century