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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