Stilt step
Bequeathed in 1865, these decorated stilt steps were once used for celebratory races and contests during funerary rituals. Many were made for sale to European visitors who viewed them as exotic, unusually attractive portable pieces.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- E1197
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Religion and magic
- Material
- hard wood
- Common Name
- stilt step
- Simple Name
- stilt step
- Production County
- Marquesas Islands
- Production Country
- French Polynesia (Overseas Collectivity of France)
- Production Year High
- 1860
