Figure
84-2-13
From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 84-2-13 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iatmul (uncertain) |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Middle Sepik River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Shell |
| Description | Male figure, standing, arms at sides, on rounded base. Broad, round face, pearl shell eyes. Navel a protruding ring. Twisted fiber around waist, fiber and cowrie shell bracelets, elliptical shell breast ornament (curved breast ornament also carved on figure). Black. Crack down back, from top of head to waist. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
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