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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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