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Decorative ornamentation, extending from shoulder blades to chest, head with beak-like nose (pierced septum), beard or facial frame, implied headdress, figure standing on tiptoe

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Figurine
Dimensions
H 34 cm
Object genre
sculpture
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2101
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 92716 (Old inventory number)
2101 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

when
before 1912
where
Sepik-Region
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
when
1912/13
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Berliner Sepik-Expedition 1912/13 - Owners
when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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