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Large painted wooden stool with carved head having boar tusks through +
Large painted wooden stool with carved head having boar tusks through +
Object Number 47-73-70/2815
Display Title Large painted wooden stool with carved head having boar tusks through +
Descriptions
Object Description Large painted wooden stool with carved head having boar tusks through +
Inventory Description Stool, carved wood pedestal base, 5 legs, human head, feathers, tusk and shells
Classification
  • Stool
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Nyourangai
Materials Wood, Pigment, Feather, Boar tusk, Shell, Vegetable fiber, Bird skin
Dimensions Overall: 80.4 x 44 x 55 cm (31 5/8 x 17 5/16 x 21 5/8 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 47-73-70/2815

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