Figure
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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