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Carved wooden statue
Object Number 2004.29.22306
Display Title Carved wooden statue
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea / Oceania / Melanesia / Statue of sculptured wood, painted red & white-large / head of a divinity in / form of human mask / with bulging forehead."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 22.225 × 5.08 cm (8 3/4 × 2 in.)

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