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Red wooden hanger with 10 barbs and 2 carved faces
Red wooden hanger with 10 barbs and 2 carved faces
Object Number 2004.24.23854
Display Title Red wooden hanger with 10 barbs and 2 carved faces
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
  • Household
Subject
  • Carved
  • Face
  • Wood
  • Hanger
Department Photographic
Date 1965
Artist Arsen E. Charles
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River, Middle
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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