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Figure of a Crocodile

Mid-20th century

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Figure of a Crocodile

Mid-20th century

Physical Qualities Wood, mother-of-pearl, pigments, 19 x 3 1/4 in. (48.2 x 8.3 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.137
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg. 35. cat no. 137.
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