Carved Wooden Stilt-Rest
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: MARQUESAS (DR. RALPH LINTON). LOANED TO RENWICK 11/12/81. RETURNED 8/1983. ILLUS.: P.100, PL.107, CELEBRATIONS CATALOGUE, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1982." Caption from Celebration catalogue identifies this a a stilt footrest and states: "Marquesan festivals often included races and battles on stilts. Competitors tried to knock their opponents off balance by levering their stilts out from under them. The footrests of the stilts were usually elaborately carved." THIS OBJECT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN NMNH PACIFIC CULTURES EXHIBIT HALL 8, CASE 8, FROM CIRCA 1985 - 2005.
label: Notes
content: Stilt rest carved from a single piece of wood which is either stained or patinated dark brown/black. Depicted is a stylized male figure with knees bent, hands on stomach, with an elaborate head ornament, all intricately decorated with various line designs. Figure is positioned on a platform below which the carving becomes very wedge-like and more crudely carved and is not decorated like the figure.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Marquesas Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3793-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stilt Step
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 36 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11.5 cm