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58-17-71
From: Dutch New Guinea | New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 58-17-71 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Asmat (uncertain) |
Provenience | Dutch New Guinea | New Guinea |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Seed | Plant Fiber |
Description | Head. Carved of solid, hard, medium brown wood. Crude, long, narrow, sides of face not rounded, broader in back than in front. Eyes are holes, nose resembles a small lug (nostrils perforated), ears high on head, perforated, both have a string tied through, one has seeds on it. Two chevrons on both cheeks. Lower half of back has a cavity, as if head was put on a pole. Used not known. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
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