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Marquesas Islands
19th century
Object Place: Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 133.4 cm (52 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William E. Teel
Accession Number2014.312
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Axes, maces, clubs
ProvenanceSaid to come from the Webster-Plass collection (Webster Plass, b. 1895 – d. 1952 and his wife Margaret Plass, b. 1896-d. 1990), Philadelphia. May 5, 1997, anonymous (“private New England collector”) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 133, to William Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)