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Object Number
998-9-70/5754
Display Title
Ancestor figure
Descriptions
Object Description
Ancestor figure, probably; two figures, joined at genitals; male figure with coiffure, beard, body markings; female figure with head partly broken away, bird(?) on one side; birds at three sides of limbs, one missing; insect damage; missing pieces; pigment flaking and powdering
Inventory Description
Carving, two anthropomorphic figures, red, white, black, yellow pigment
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1928-1930 ca.
Culture
- Abelam?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Maprik region; Sepik River, north of
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 175 x 32 x 14 cm (68 7/8 x 12 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
998-9-70/5754
Credit Line
Gift of Raviojla-Vila Stone, in memory of her husband, Marshall H. Stone, distinguished professor of mathematics
Provenance
Collector
Marshall H. Stone
(1967 ca. - 1987 ca.)
Donor
Raviojla-Vila Stone
(1/12/1998)
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