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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
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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