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        "tombstone": "Grade Society Figure, c. 1930. Melanesia, Ambrym, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), 20th century. Fernwood; overall: 210.9 cm (83 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Herbert Baker, 1971.272",
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        "title": "Grade Society Figure",
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        "culture": [
            "Melanesia, Ambrym, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), 20th century"
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        "technique": "fernwood",
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        "department": "Oceania",
        "collection": "Oceanic Art",
        "type": "Sculpture",
        "measurements": "Overall: 210.9 cm (83 1/16 in.)",
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                "height": 2.109,
                "height_inch": 83,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.0625
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                {
                    "id": 301752,
                    "title": "Year in Review: 1972",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).",
                    "opening_date": "1973-02-27T05:00:00"
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        "description": "In the islands of Vanuatu, communities carved large statutes to honor ancestors.  The figures were often erected near men's-society houses, in conjunction with celebrations marking an individual's attainment of a new rank or grade.  Carved from the trunks of fernwood trees, the ancestor statues were originally covered with mud plaster and painted with many colors.  The large heads typical of these sculptures symbolize the ancestors' spiritual power, or \"mana\".",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Herbert Baker",
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        "accession_date": "1971-12-11T00:00:00",
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        "date_text": "c. 1930",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:50:39.118000"
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}