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Object Number
975-12-70/5440
Display Title
Female malanggan figure, with ornate filigree and decoration; +
Descriptions
Object Description
Female malanggan figure, with ornate filigree and decoration; opercula eyes; wood with polychrome, 27"h. "Of superb quality" - "An outstanding example with an old German Museum number at the base, 1856" (Furman)
Inventory Description
Sculpture, carved and painted standing female, embracing bird figure, shell eyes
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
New Ireland Province
Materials
Wood, Shell, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 84 x 16 x 19 cm (33 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
975-12-70/5440
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