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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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