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Carved and painted wooden hanger - 4 teeth
Carved and painted wooden hanger - 4 teeth
Object Number 47-73-70/2817
Display Title Carved and painted wooden hanger - 4 teeth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, human face, neck, curved base with four vertical pointed posts, painted curvilinear designs, black and white pigments, fiber cordage through nose and ears, one inlaid eye
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Nyourangai
Materials Wood , Pigment , Fiber , Shell?
Dimensions Overall: 52 × 41.5 × 12.5 cm (20 1/2 × 16 5/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2817; L-132

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