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Small carved wooden male figure - decorated with beads and shell
Small carved wooden male figure - decorated with beads and shell
Object Number 47-72-70/2717
Display Title Small carved wooden male figure - decorated with beads and shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, carved wooden figure, red pigment overall, fiber clothing at waist, small shells tied with fiber cordage at ears and knees, glass beads tied with fiber on arms, glass beads and cut feather on corded fiber chain through nostrils
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Lower Sepik
Materials Wood , Pigment , Shell , Glass beads , Plant fiber , Feather
Dimensions Overall: 16.5 × 8 × 4 cm (6 1/2 × 3 1/8 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/2717

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