Gable Ornament (uncertain)
84-2-11
From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 84-2-11 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Iatmul (uncertain) |
Provenience | New Guinea | Middle Sepik River |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | "Angel". Figure, standing on base (legs on sides), with wings, skirt, hands clasped in prayer. Black, with white and red curvilinear designs on face, breasts, wings, and stripes on arms, skirt, legs. Carved crescents on front and back of base also colored red and white. |
Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
Other Number | 294X - Other Number |
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