Figure

84-2-82

From: New Guinea | Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-82
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Iatmul
Provenience New Guinea | Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment
Iconography Man
Description

Male figure, hands on sides of face, crouching on flat, round base. Arms springing from upper back, peculiar extensions connecting elbows and thighs at sides. Twisted fiber with tassels tied around ankles, waist, wrists, side extensions, and in ears (each pierced twice). Body and base red, face white. Nostrils, eyes and mouth red. Top of head, around eyes and nose, spirals from outsides of eyes up to forehead, black.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984
Other Number 584 - Other Number

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