Figure
84-2-86
From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 84-2-86 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iatmul (uncertain) |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Middle Sepik River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Cowrie | Pigment |
| Description | Female figure, seated on stool, hands on thighs. Legs of figure are front legs of stool. Bridal cape from top of head down back to seat. Cowrie shell eyes, protruding ears. Incised decoration (spirals, circles flanked by arcs, zig-zags, etc.) on base, edge of seat, back legs of stool, bridal cape. Black. Two fingers of left hand, one toe of left foot, chipped. Tourist piece. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
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