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Top of post, one of several which surrounds skull house
Top of post, one of several which surrounds skull house
Object Number 07-45-70/72674
Display Title Top of post, one of several which surrounds skull house
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, carved wood standing figure, painted red, black, broken hand
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Djamna; North Coast New Guinea; Humbolt Bay, West of
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 245 × 58 × 50 mm (9 5/8 × 2 5/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object L52/2/176; 72674

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