- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Carved wooden footrest for stilt
- Geographical reference
- Marquesas Islands
- Date / Period
- Date made: On or before 1828
- Date collected
- ?On or before 1828
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 28/09/1885
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 370 x 75 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1886.1.1272 Other numbers: 1272
- Research and responses
Name of donor to Ashmolean confirmed as John in the list of donors given on page 7 of the notebook relating to Polynesian and Australian materials (see Alison Roberts, Dept of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum for further details [AP 30/9/2015]
Search terms: Toy and Game, Figure, Dance, Transport and Travel, Toy, Dance Accessory
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