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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