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Titolo dell'opera:
Sedile11
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Technique and Dimensions:
Calophyllum inophyllum wood (tamanu)
Inventario:
C.D.A.1106
Acquisizione:
E.A. d'Albertis 1932 Genova
Epoca:
-
Inventario:
C.D.A.1106
Manifattura:
Ambito polinesiano
Provenienza:
Italia
Utilizzo:
Simbolica Questo tipo di sedile aveva un valore più simbolico che utilitario. Cerimonie
Location:
C.D.A.1106, Legato Cap.E.A.D'Albertis, 1932
Provenance:
Second half of 19th century
Seat reserved for leaders. Shaped in a single piece of tamanu, the tree whose wood has the advantage of not being subject to the process of rotting thanks to the resin that impregnates it. No'oanga had more symbolic than utilitarian value.
Atiu, Cook Islands
