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Object Number
2004.29.22312
Display Title
Sculpted top of a house post
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Guinea / Oceania / Melanesia / Top of a house post, of / sculptured wood,- / painted black & white. / Human head - topped / by a bird with its head / turned toward heaven- / symbol of the soul / which escapes after / death."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Dimensions
Overall: 24.13 × 6.35 cm (9 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
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