Wooden carving of face

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Object Number 2004.24.25809

Display Title Wooden carving of face

Descriptions

Object Description Wooden carving of face - 28.5" long, painted

Keywords

Effigy
Ethnographic
Studio

Subject

Wood
Carved
Anthropomorphic
Face

Department Photographic

Date 1969

Artist Arsen E. Charles

Culture

Melanesia

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River

Materials Negative, black and white

Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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