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58-17-73

From: Dutch New Guinea | New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 58-17-73
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Asmat (uncertain)
Provenience Dutch New Guinea | New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Head. Solid, hard, medium brown wood. Roughly triangular, with chin the only flat surface and top of head coming to a rounded point. Mouth at very bottom of face, outlined with shallow curves and chevrons. Septum extends below nose and is pierced. eyes are raised circles within a circle. Ears lack any detail; both are pierced but one is broken off. Hairline is indicated. Use not known.

Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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