House Post
62-27-2
From: New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 62-27-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Maprik |
Provenience | New Guinea |
Locus | Maprik area | ancient Abelam Mountains |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Description | Rectangular board. Carving in rather high relief divided into five registers with four deep horizontal grooves between each two. Top register: two angled lines (completely stylized figure?). Second register; two vertical eye motifs. Third register; similar to top but with central motif and quite surely stylized animal motifs. Fourth register; four projections (phallic?). Bottom: two long-beaked, stand birds facing each other. |
Credit Line | Gift of George F. Keller through Julius Carlebach, 1962 |
Other Number | L-515-1 - Old Loan Number |
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