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figure

The carved wooden figure has a large oval head with a large nose and small eyes. The arms hang by the side. The legs are short and stand upon two large protrusions. The figure is partially painted but worn down and weathered in appearance.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
General (without base): 42 × 9 × 6 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
carved; painted
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D09207
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D09207

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Sepik
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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