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Figure
Object Number 983-30-70/5529
Display Title Figure
Descriptions
Object Description Figure, "bioma". Wooden panel with carving and white pigmentation. Fairly realistic male depicted; pigmentation may suggest body decoration
Inventory Description Carved wood human figure, left arm missing, decorated with pigment
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Papuan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Papuan gulf: Urama island: kinomere village
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 55 x 13.5 x 6 cm (21 5/8 x 5 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 983-30-70/5529 / G599 (on sticker)
Provenance
Donor Evelyn A. J. Hall (1983)
Donor John A. Friede (1983)

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