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Seated ancestor figure

mid 19th–19th century
Object PlaceNias, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueWood, bamboo, fiber, pigment
DimensionsOverall: 35.7 x 12 x 10 cm (14 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.256
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1991, sold by a private collection, Amsterdam, to Bruce Frank Primitive Art, New York; February 25, 2007, sold by Bruce Frank to William Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
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