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Object Number
39-17-70/1445
Display Title
Wooden house idol, carved human head, body wrapped in red cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden house idol, carved human head, body wrapped in red cloth
Inventory Description
Carving, wooden, two anthropomorphic figures, larger figure encircles smaller figure, twisted fiber cordage looped throuh cavity in figure and loosely tied, circular wooden base with bark, base wrapped in red and brown patterned cloth, cloth tied below base with plant fiber
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya
Additional Geographic Terms
Waropen Coast; Geelvink Bay
Dimensions
Overall: 22 × 5.5 × 6 cm (8 11/16 × 2 3/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-17-70/1445
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