Figure
29-50-641
From: New Guinea | Kararau
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-641 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Kararau |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Iconography | Crocodile |
| Description | Wooden. Crocodile. Painted. The body crescent-shaped, without limbs. Original label: "Hung up as decoration in a hut." As a matter of face, it was probably attached to some part of the hut framework -- there is a hole in the under side of the body which no doubt served for such attachment. |
| Length | 69 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 546 - Other Number |
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