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House Ornament

29-50-632

From: New Guinea | Tshabanaut

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-632
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Tshabanaut
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Grass | Pigment
Description

Wooden. Female. Hands on knees which are spread. Lower legs broken off. Wears a grass kilt. Painted red; face red and white; white stripes on shoulders and breast; concentric circles round navel. Original label: "Hung up in hut as ornament (Dekoratstuck)"

Height 42 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 555 - Other Number

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