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Object Number 60-55-70/3919
Display Title Carved wooden head rest - 23 1/2" long
Descriptions
Object Description Carved wooden head rest - 23 1/2" long See #3913 for Bibliography information.
Inventory Description Sculpture, carved wood, tapered oval, anthropomorphic heads, curvilinear
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya / New Guinea
Materials Wood, Glass
Dimensions Overall: 61 x 10.8 x 10.4 cm (24 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-55-70/3919

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