Stake Figure

84-2-106

From: New Guinea | Korowori River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-106
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Korowori River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Face at top, narrow middle segment with eight protrusions, stake at bottom. Curved brows, protruding cylindrical eyes, heart-shaped nostrils, small protruding oval mouth, pointed chin. Rim around chin with painted stripes. Black, with red and white on face and projections down central segment. Deep cracks back of head.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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