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Object Number
973-24-70/5344
Display Title
Wood polychrome ceremonial slab, non-figurative curvilinear design.
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sculpture, ovate carved panel with handle projection, curvilinear designs painte
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 64.7 x 18 x 1.3 cm (25 1/2 x 7 1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
973-24-70/5344; 15
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Eliot Elisofon
(1940-1972 - 1973)
Donor
Estate of Eliot Elisofon
(1973)
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