Figure

84-2-18

From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Iconography Crocodile
Description

Male figure, arms at sides, standing on steeply rounded base. Crocodile head on chest, crocodile tail. Carved texture, like crocodile skin, on head, in bands across shoulders and upper arms, and on back of tail. Head surmounted by flat, three-pronged plaque, with a human face on the front. Black.

Height 24 cm
Length 146 cm
Width 41 cm
Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984
Other Number F6859 - Other Number

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