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29-50-642

From: New Guinea | Timbunke

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-642
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Timbunke
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment
Iconography Hornbill
Description

Hornbill. Wooden. Painted. Wings folded. A series of protuberances along back pierced for attachment of bunches of dried grass. Original label: "Hung up as decoration in hut."

Length 72.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 548 - Other Number

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