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Pillow
Object Number 47-73-70/2857
Display Title Pillow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pillow, carved wood, rectangular, zoomorphic heads on both ends, bamboo? legs are bent over pillow, plant fiber bound around the base of one pair of legs
Classification
  • Pillow
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Derbaub; Sepik River, on coast near mouth of
Materials Wood , Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 37 × 12.2 × 14.3 cm (14 9/16 × 4 13/16 × 5 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2857
Credit Line Gift of Dr. W. L. Moss, 1947

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