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55-13-27

From: New Britain | West Nakanai

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 55-13-27
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Lakalai
Provenience New Britain | West Nakanai
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Cardboard | Feather | Pigment
Iconography Bird
Description

Carved wooden bird; brown and white paint; wings of cardboard. Used in solo performance in mortuary rite

Credit Line New Britain Expedition; Ward Goodenough and C. A. Valentine, 1955

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