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Carved and painted wooden statuette of a man wearing a mask
Carved and painted wooden statuette of a man wearing a mask
Object Number 2004.29.22918
Display Title Carved and painted wooden statuette of a man wearing a mask
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea - / German / Region of Sepik River / Melanesia / Oceania / A seat of sculptured wood. / It is carried on the shoulders / of a kneeling man who is / strengthened behind by a / prop in the form of a / mask; the man's head / wears a long polychrome / mask which has linear / decoration and is / ornamented with sea / shells."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Sepik
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.5575 × 5.08 cm (6 1/8 × 2 in.)

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