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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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