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Object Number 2004.24.23843
Display Title Carved wooden ancestor figure
Descriptions
Subject
  • Ancestor
  • Wood
  • Figure
  • Effigy
Department Photographic
Date 1965
Artist Arsen E. Charles
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya / <City> / Otsyanep
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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