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Object Number
24-49-70/D2128
Display Title
Prepared skull
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Clay over human skull, shell eyes, hair attached, painted, cracked
Classification
- Ethnographic
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Materials
Clay, Bone, Shell, Hair
Dimensions
Overall: 15 x 26 x 18.5 cm (5 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D2128
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Media Restricted
| 38-112-70/1025 | Human skull, sculptured with clay and painted |
Special
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 47-72-70/2702 | Skull with molded features - painted red and white |
Ethnographic
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 38-112-70/1024 | Human skull, sculptured with clay and painted |
Special
|
Village of Tambum
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 47-73-70/2820 | Human skull with molded features |
Special
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 95-44-70/47843 | Mask made of front part of human skull |
Shaft, modified
Mask |
New Britain
| |
| 81-10-30/24513 | Prepared clay |
Mineral
|
British Guiana
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 30-54-70/D3443B | Painted human skull |
Ethnographic
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/59225 | Clay doll. Anatomically correct female doll. Face & body painted w/ red & black |
Shaft, modified
Figurine |
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 15-20-70/86067 | Mask made from human skull |
Mask
Shaft, modified |
New Britain
| |
| 23-46-70/D1751.1 | Prepared cowrie shell, aperture filled with gum |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
| 23-46-70/D1751.2 | Prepared cowrie shell, aperture filled with gum |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
| 23-46-70/D1751.3 | Prepared cowrie shell, aperture filled with gum |
Ornament
|
Kimberley
Western Australia |