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Object Number 999-4-70/5763
Display Title Openwork carving
Descriptions
Object Description Openwork carving of abstract form comprised of crouching figures oriented in profile clutching beak-like objects, terminating in a larger projecting beak form. One element, approximately 5 cm. in length, broken and missing.
Inventory Description Carving, openwork, tall and narrow, 4 crouching figures, white and orange
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Date 1962 or earlier
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya / New Guinea
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 98 x 21 x 3.9 cm (38 9/16 x 8 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 999-4-70/5763
Credit Line Gift of Robert G. Gardner
Provenance
Collector Robert G. Gardner (1962 - 3/11/99)
Donor Robert G. Gardner (1962 - 3/11/99)

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