Figure
84-2-94
From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 84-2-94 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iatmul (uncertain) |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Middle Sepik River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Shell | Pigment |
| Description | Male figure, standing on rounded base. Arms down, hands holding penis, which is at the same time a small animal (pig?). Bird standing on figure's head, beak on forehead. Conus shell eyes (one missing), nassa shell eyes on pig (one missing) and on bird. Backbone and ribs carved in relief on back. Black, with red and white. Deep crack back of head, shallow cracks in body and base. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
| Other Number | 650X - Other Number | 599 - Other Number |
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