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Object Number
2004.24.23830
Display Title
Carved wooden ancestor figure
Descriptions
Keywords
- Studio
- Effigy
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Effigy
- Wood
- Ancestor
Department
Photographic
Date
1965
Artist
Arsen E. Charles
Culture
- Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
/
Western New Guinea
/
Irian Jaya
/
<City>
/
Ammannamgai
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 11.43 x 8.89 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
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