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Object Number
38-112-70/1024
Display Title
Human skull, sculptured with clay and painted
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Clay over human skull, painted, hair and shells attached, perforated in back
Classification
- Special
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
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Village of Tambum
Additional Geographic Terms
Sepik River, Middle
Materials
Bone, Clay, Hair, Shell, Human bone
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 23 x 18 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-112-70/1024
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Sidney N. Shurcliffe
(1929)
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