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Object Number
2004.29.22697
Display Title
Carved wooden figure
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Mecklenbourg / or / New Ireland / New / Guinea / Melanesia / Oceania / Statue of sculptured and polychrome / wood- red, black, & white / An anthropomorphic deity with / square head on top of which are / two flat horns, the mouth is very / large and flat & the nose is rectangular / Two large eyes ornamented with / lids of sea shells." On photograph: "Planche III / 84"
Department
Photographic
Culture
- New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
<State>
/
New Mecklenburg
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / New Ireland Province
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / New Ireland Province
Dimensions
Overall: 22.86 × 5.715 cm (9 × 2 1/4 in.)
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| 2004.29.22696 | Carved wooden door post |
New Ireland Province
New Mecklenburg | ||
| 2004.29.22695 | Carved wood male figure |
New Mecklenburg
New Ireland Province | ||
| 2004.29.22698 | Carved wooden figure |
New Ireland Province
New Mecklenburg | ||
| 2004.29.22694 | Carved door post |
New Ireland Province
New Mecklenburg | ||
| 2004.29.22699 | Carved wooden figure |
New Ireland Province
New Mecklenburg | ||
| 2004.29.22701 | Carved wooden drum |
New Ireland Province
New Mecklenburg | ||
| 2004.29.22307 | Carved wooden statue |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22700 | Mask made of skull and clay |
New Mecklenburg
New Ireland Province | ||
| 2004.29.22916 | Carved and painted ceremonial mask |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22301 | Carved wooden statue |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22311 | Carved wooden statue |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22925 | Carved and painted wooden statuette |
New Guinea
|