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House Ornament

29-50-639

From: New Guinea | Yentshemangua

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-639
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Yentshemangua
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Shell
Description

Wooden. Human. Incomplete. Sewed from one of the beams in the assembly house. Heavy hard wood. Shell inlay missing from one eye. Cicatrizaition of breast and shoulders. Star figure surrounds navel.

Length 68.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 16 - Other Number

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