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Large carved wooden female figure hanger
Large carved wooden female figure hanger
Object Number 47-73-70/2816
Display Title Large carved wooden female figure hanger
Descriptions
Inventory Description Figurine, carved wood female figure, arms bent, inlaid shell eyes, red pigment overall, painted white designs on head, torso, and hands, soot applied on head, torso, and pelvis, hooked base below feet
Classification
  • Figurine
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Nyourangai
Materials Wood , Pigment , Shell , Soot
Dimensions Overall: 95 × 19 × 12 cm (37 3/8 × 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2816; L-123

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