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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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