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Object Number 07-45-70/72728
Display Title Figure head for canoe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, openwork, curvilinear designs, pigmented, slotted base
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Pom. Jappen, Jabi, I.; Geelvink Bay
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 75.7 x 12.4 x 13.5 cm (29 13/16 x 4 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72728/ 45/98/ 45.1251/ Cambridge

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