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Object Number
07-45-70/72729
Display Title
Carved wooden headrest
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved wooden headrest, upturned crescent platform, rounded ends, incised decoration
Classification
- Headrest
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Besarese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Indonesia
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Western New Guinea
/
Papua
Additional Geographic Terms
Pom. Jappen, Jabi, I.; Geelvink Bay
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 51.8 x 24.4 x 12.2 cm (20 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
07-45-70/72729 / 72729
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