House Post
62-27-2
From: New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 62-27-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Maprik |
| Provenience | New Guinea |
| Locus | Maprik area | ancient Abelam Mountains |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Rectangular board. Carving in rather high relief divided into five registers with four deep horizontal grooves between each two. Top register: two angled lines (completely stylized figure?). Second register; two vertical eye motifs. Third register; similar to top but with central motif and quite surely stylized animal motifs. Fourth register; four projections (phallic?). Bottom: two long-beaked, stand birds facing each other. |
| Credit Line | Gift of George F. Keller through Julius Carlebach, 1962 |
| Other Number | L-515-1 - Old Loan Number |
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