Figure
83-33-1
From: Papua New Guinea | East Sepik Province | Washkuk Hills
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Mindja |
| Object Number | 83-33-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwoma |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | East Sepik Province | Washkuk Hills |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Iconography | Human Face |
| Description | Long, narrow, oval board, with projecting "open-work" carving: face with projecting conical eyes, huge elongated nose and projecting tongue (first openwork loop), with four smaller loops below. Small face, also with conical eyes and long nose, upside down at bottom. Yellow, red, and white stripes, white dots and circles. |
| Length | 131 cm |
| Width | 22 cm |
| Depth | 20 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon M. Marlowe, 1983 |
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