Stool
84-2-97
From: New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 84-2-97 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Guinea |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Shell | Plant Fiber |
Description | Two figures, one male and one female, standing on base and holding seat above heads. Black, with white. Male figure: inlaid black shiny eyes, twisted fiber around waist, conus shell neck ornament. White over top of head, around eyes and across bridge of nose, stripes down upper arms to "V" on chest, rings around wrists, ankles, dots on toes and fingers. Female figure: one blue bead eye (other missing), fiber apron, shell ornaments at waist and neck. White across forehead and around eyes, along nostrils, around mouth, dots around breasts, rings around wrists and ankles, dots on toes and fingers. Cracks in base. |
Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
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