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Small wooden tray with human and animal heads and carved wooden plate
Small wooden tray with human and animal heads and carved wooden plate
Object Number 2004.24.23848
Display Title Small wooden tray with human and animal heads and carved wooden plate
Descriptions
Object Description Small wooden tray with human and animal heads and carved wooden plate for serving sago
Keywords
  • Household
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Tray
  • Wood
  • Plate
Department Photographic
Date 1965
Artist Arsen E. Charles
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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