Wooden head ornament

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Object Number 07-45-70/72635

Display Title Wooden head ornament

Descriptions

Inventory Description Headdress, carved wood, C-shaped, 1 side with polychrome triangle design

Classification

Headdress

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Humbolt Bay

Materials Wood, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 23 x 17.6 x 1.3 cm (9 1/16 x 6 15/16 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 72635

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