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Carved wooden human figure - conventional native style
Carved wooden human figure - conventional native style
Object Number 40-12-70/1885
Display Title Carved wooden human figure - conventional native style
Descriptions
Inventory Description Statue, carved female figure, standing, black finish, no breasts, oval base
Classification
  • Statue
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nasioi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 83 x 20 x 11 cm (32 11/16 x 7 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1885

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