Figure
57-15-9
From: New Britain | West Nakanai | Gule
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 57-15-9 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Lakalai |
Provenience | New Britain | West Nakanai | Gule |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Feather | Shell | Plant Fiber |
Description | Carved human dance figure. Wearing grass skirt. Standing on a cylindrical pedestal, which is upraised on a circular frame. Hair of black feathers. Eyes of cut shell with a small patch of black paper nailed into head. Red mouth, outlined in white, and beard of small (5mm.) wooden sticks in a single row around chin. Body painted white and blue, with arms nailed in separately with wooden pins. Grass skirt painted with patches of blue. |
Height | 44 cm |
Width | 19 cm |
Outside Diameter | 12 cm |
Credit Line | New Britain Expedition, Charles A. Valentine, 1957 |
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