Neck Rest

29-50-299

From: New Guinea | Tambunum

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-299
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Tambunum
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Rattan | Pigment
Iconography Crocodile
Description

For construction, cf. 29-50-298. At one end is represented the head of a crocodile of the variety which has a single bump on end of snout (see 29-50-298); at the other end what is probably the tail of the creature with a large oval opening.

Length 55 cm
Width 16 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 572 - Other Number

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