Figure

86-11-1

From: New Guinea | Murik Lakes (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 86-11-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Murik Lakes (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Bark Cloth | Pigment
Iconography Man
Description

Male figure, wood with red pigment. Standing with hands on hips, head thrusting forward from shoulders, no neck. Top of head conical, with knob. Hooked nose, ears pierced with two holes. Strip of bark cloth around waist. Crack through face.

Height 76 cm
Width 16 cm
Credit Line Gift of Walcott Merrow, 1986

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