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Carved figure
Object Number 2004.24.18214
Display Title Carved figure
Descriptions
Object Description Figure. Sepik River. New Guinea. Acc. No. 46-54. 3 x 4. Photograph F.B. Pleasants.
Subject
  • Figure
  • Carved
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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