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Object Number
65-19-70/4607.1
Display Title
Piece of Bisjpole - 16' 11" high
Descriptions
Object Description
Piece of Bisjpole - 16' 11" high. See #4606 for more info.
Inventory Description
Sculpture, carved and painted crouching male with crocodile at neck, broken end
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
/
Western New Guinea
/
Irian Jaya
/
New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Otsjanep, Village of
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 68 x 31.5 x 8.5 cm (26 3/4 x 12 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
65-19-70/4607
Provenance
Collector
Michael Clark Rockefeller
(1961)
Donor
Estate of Michael Clark Rockefeller
(1965)
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