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Large painted wooden stool with carved head having boar tusks through nose
Large painted wooden stool with carved head having boar tusks through nose
Object Number 2004.24.23860
Display Title Large painted wooden stool with carved head having boar tusks through nose
Descriptions
Subject
  • tusk
  • Head
  • Stool
  • Wood
Department Photographic
Date 1965
Artist Arsen E. Charles
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Nyourangai
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River
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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