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Three carved wooden ancestor figures
Three carved wooden ancestor figures
Object Number 2004.24.23844
Display Title Three carved wooden ancestor figures
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
  • Effigy
Subject
  • Figure
  • Effigy
  • Wood
  • Ancestor
Department Photographic
Date 1965
Artist Arsen E. Charles
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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