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Object Number 2004.29.22917
Display Title Painted human skull
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea - German / Region of Sepik River / Melanesia / Oceania / Painted skull, white / and black on brownish- / red foundation. - eyes / of two shells."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Sepik
Dimensions Overall: 15.5575 × 5.08 cm (6 1/8 × 2 in.)

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