Figure

58-17-61

From: Maprik Area (uncertain) | New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 58-17-61
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Abelam (uncertain)
Provenience Maprik Area (uncertain) | New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment
Iconography Man
Description

Fairly heavy wood. Male figure is stylized (for reference see card on 58-17-55 to 59). Face is more bulbous than -55 to -60 but otherwise very similar. Legs partially flexed, feet small and uneven (won't stand alone); arms partially flexed and quite small. Ears and nose pierced; fiber tassels through ears. Holes through sides and top of "headdress" too. Lug in back of the neck (for suspending?). Back is roughly finished and mostly unpainted. Front seems to have been covered with red paint first; features are accented by, and body designs are in white, yellow and black. Paint very fugitive.

Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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