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Object Number
47-72-70/2741
Display Title
Male figure
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Figurine, carved wood, standing male figure wearing zoomorphic headpiece, plant fiber skirt, painted, glass? bead with red pigment adhered to knotted plant fiber swatch, black painted wood base
Classification
- Figurine
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Sepik River
Materials
Wood , Plant fiber , Glass? , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 27.5 × 13 × 12 cm (10 13/16 × 5 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-72-70/2741
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