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Wooden pillow or head-rest in the form of a turtle, curvilinear motifs carved on
Wooden pillow or head-rest in the form of a turtle, curvilinear motifs carved on
Object Number 973-24-70/5352
Display Title Wooden pillow or head-rest in the form of a turtle, curvilinear motifs carved on
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden pillow or head-rest in the form of a turtle, curvilinear motifs carved on back. Black stain on wood. 17" L See bibliograhy for more info.
Inventory Description Carved wood, rectangular, zoomorphic shape (turtle), head at one end, four rectangular legs protruding from body, curvilinear designs in low relief on upper surface, hole bored near rear legs on upper surface, square grid pattern incised on lower surface, charcoal encrusted in designs on upper surface, remnants of two oblong seeds embedded in charcoal near bored hole, residual smoky odor
Classification
  • Pillow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya / New Guinea
Materials Wood , Charcoal , Seed
Dimensions Overall: 67 × 21.7 × 13 cm (26 3/8 × 8 9/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-24-70/5352
Provenance
Donor Donated by Estate of Eliot Elisofon

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