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84-2-8

From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Iatmul (uncertain)
Provenience New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Shell | Plant Fiber
Description

Male figure, standing, arms at sides, on round base. Nose and ears sharply pointed. Cowrie shell eyes, in nine and ten pointed "stars", surrounded by curvilinear face paint. Small masks, with nassa shell eyes, on upper arms, carved breast ornament with six chevrons. Twisted fiber with tassels at waist, ankles, wrists, ears. Coarse, stiff fiber around neck. Black, with white face paint and neck ornament. Deep cracks across base (from one side to other), down left breast, back of head behind left ear.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984
Other Number 178X - Other Number

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