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Object Number
972-44-70/5199
Display Title
Malanggan memorial figure for the dead, red, black, and white; polychrome
Descriptions
Object Description
Malanggan memorial figure for the dead, red, black, and white; polychrome with traces of blu.e Made from soft wood called Alstonia villosa. Length 123 cm. girth 54 cm. Depicts man standing on head of a pig. There is a crack down the back of the piece - no insect damage. Shell eyes are intact.
Inventory Description
Sculpture, standing human figure on pig head with 2 birds, polychrome painted
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
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New Ireland Province
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 122 x 19.5 x 17.3 cm (48 1/16 x 7 11/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
972-44-70/5199
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