Neck Rest

84-2-90

From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-90
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Bamboo | Cowrie
Description

Wood with bent bamboo legs lashed across peel. Crocodile head one end, crocodile body in middle (pattern of crocodile skin on sides and bottom). Human head other end, with cowrie shell eyes, bits of hair embedded in red mud.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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