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83-41-5

From: Papua New Guinea | Urama Island | Nahoromere

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Native Name Kakame
Object Number 83-41-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Papua New Guinea | Urama Island | Nahoromere
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment | Plant Fiber
Description

Figure, legs missing, very badly damaged by insects. Holes pierced through sides and top of head, small amount of fiber in one side hole. Upside-down faces on stomach and chest, curvilinear designs on hips, arms, etc. (Designs on arms birds?) Open "U" on stomach with fiber tied through. Red, black, white pigment, some bright orange pigment on head.

Credit Line Gift of Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede, 1983
Other Number G-284 - Other Number | P43 - Other Number

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