Figure
17008
From: German New Guinea | Tami Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 17008 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | German New Guinea | Tami Island |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Wood figure, hands on hips, standing on base. Elongated head/face projecting over chest, earrings touching shoulders. High headdress with oval top. Black, red, white pigment: body half red, half black (reversed on back). Lateral stripes on headdress, circles at knees, shoulders, navel, shoulder blades. Fingers (4 one side, five the other) stylized triangular points. |
| Height | 40.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Robert H. Lamborn, 1893 |
| Other Number | Receipt 408: 182 uncertain - Original Number | Receipt 408: 183 uncertain - Original Number |
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