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Carved wooden bird-shaped head
Carved wooden bird-shaped head
Object Number 14-29-70/85738
Display Title Carved wooden bird-shaped head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, bird-shaped head, snail inlays for eyes, incised with pigment, losses
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / New Ireland Province
Materials Wood, Pigment, Snail opercula
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 23.5 x 3.8 cm (5 7/16 x 9 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85738
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1914)

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