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57-15-17

From: New Britain | West Nakanai | Lavege

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 57-15-17
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Lakalai
Provenience New Britain | West Nakanai | Lavege
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Iconography Fish
Description

Carved wooden fish, painted black, blue, and red. Made of a single piece of wood. Incised carving around the gills of a crosshatching design.

Height 13.5 cm
Length 38 cm
Thickness 3.5 cm
Credit Line New Britain Expedition, Charles A. Valentine, 1957

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