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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