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Male effigy commemorating the dead. Such figures were intended as a short-term abode for the soul of a deceased person. After the funeral is over, having already lasted several years, the effigies were destroyed.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Height: 370.0 mm
Width: 110.0 mm
Depth: 90.0 mm
Material/Technique
Limestone
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0373
Other number(s)
0757 (Inventory Number Depositors)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1880 - 1900
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    New Ireland (formerly New Mecklenburg) (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
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