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Kap Kap

Kap Kap, before 1974

  • Melanesian, Oceanian
  • Overall: 6 × 5 7/8 × 3/4 inches (15.2 × 14.9 × 1.9 cm)

Founders Society Purchase

F74.39

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

(H. M. Lissauer)

1974-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Melanesian, Oceanian, Kap Kap, before 1974. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, F74.39.

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