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Object Number 61-53-70/3954
Display Title Carved wood figure
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya / New Guinea / Village of Otsjanep
Dimensions Overall: 91 x 12 x 11 cm (35 13/16 x 4 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)

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