Gable Ornament

29-50-644

From: New Guinea | Yentshemangua

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-644
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Yentshemangua
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Iconography Human Figure | Bird
Description

Wooden. Carved from one board and painted. Row of seated human figures; in most cases the limbs on adjacent sides of the figures are common. At each end, figures of birds.

Length 222 cm
Width 27.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 1 - Other Number

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