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58-17-134

From: Peru

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 58-17-134
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Peru
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Wood
Technique Carved | Incised
Iconography Man? | Faces
Description

Possibly part of Litter (Alfred Kidder II). Carved wood figure of Man (?) hunched over at top; head porportionally too large; small curled tails hang down behind, figure sits on pedestal which tapers to a scallpped ridge; long narrow vertical cut in stick; below this are several carved faces (very worn), then 2 incised lins curve around stick

Length 40.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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