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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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