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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