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84-2-5

From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Iatmul (uncertain)
Provenience New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Flat, round face on two legs, standing on base. Protruding conical eyes, protruding tongue, narrow ears (each pierced with two holes). Black, pinkish red and white. (Pinkish red eyes, tongue, heart-shaped rim around face, broad stripes at top and bottom of legs; white around eyes and at chin).

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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