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Wooden stool carved with two animal heads
Wooden stool carved with two animal heads
Object Number 47-72-70/2713
Display Title Wooden stool carved with two animal heads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bench, carved wood, 2 crocodile? heads, incised and pigmented curvilinear design
Classification
  • Bench
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Lower Sepik-Bien
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 93.5 x 17 x 23 cm (36 13/16 x 6 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 47-72-70/2713/ Village of Bien Lower Sepik/ C. Crane May 10th Cost 2 Shillings

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