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Figure
Object Number 983-30-70/5527
Display Title Figure
Descriptions
Object Description Figure, "kakame". Wooden panel with carving and heavy white and traces of red pigment. Stylized male figure; pigmented areas may suggest body ornamentation?
Inventory Description Wood carving, flat, standing male, curvilinear and pigmented decoration
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Papuan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Papuan gulf; wapo area; meagoma
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 90.5 x 27 x 4.3 cm (35 5/8 x 10 5/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 983-30-70/5527
Provenance
Donor Evelyn A. J. Hall (1983)
Donor John A. Friede (1983)

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