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Object Number
07-45-70/72671
Display Title
Top of post, one of several which surrounds skull house
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carving, figural pole, human and marine animals, ornamental base, pigmented
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Djamna; North Coast New Guinea; Humbolt Bay, West of
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 98 x 6.9 x 6.6 cm (38 9/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
72671
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