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Wooden statue (with grass) used in boy's puberty ceremony
Wooden statue (with grass) used in boy's puberty ceremony
Object Number 36-105-70/551
Display Title Wooden statue (with grass) used in boy's puberty ceremony
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, standing figure, openwork limbs, fiber ties and fringe, shells
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Wood, Pigment, Fiber, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 73 x 11.1 x 9 cm (28 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1 (bag of fragments)
Label on object 36-105-70/551; 124

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