Figure
83-37-7
From: Southwest Coast, New Guinea | New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 83-37-7 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Asmat |
Provenience | Southwest Coast, New Guinea | New Guinea |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Iconography | Woman |
Description | Female figure, arms and legs flexed and curved. Body, arms and legs decorated with incised crescents filled with white pigment. White pigment also in eyes, nose, ears, mouth, navel, vagina. Metal bars in feet for mounting. |
Height | 65.5 cm |
Width | 23.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein in honor of Evelyn Glauser Bernstein, 1983 |
Other Number | 9414 - Other Number |
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