Carved wood ancestral figure
Male, ancestral figure of carved wood, with beard of natural hair and inlaid cowrie shells for eyes, mounted on wooden base, from Mundugumor tribe, Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1871-1920
Carved wood ancestral figure
- Made:
- 1871-1920 in Papua New Guinea
Male, ancestral figure of carved wood. The figure has a beard of natural hair, inlaid cowrie shells for eyes and a detached piece of tusk that was originally in the nose. The figure is mounted on a wooden base and is from the Mundugumor tribe, Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1871-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A97202
- Materials:
- wood, hair, tusk, ivory, fibre and mount, wood
- Measurements:
-
thickness 150 mm
mount: length 152 mm
mount: width 140 mm
- type:
- ancestral figure
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
Parts
Male, ancestral figure of carved wood, with beard
Tusk from the nose of a male, ancestral figure of carved wood, with beard of natural hair and inlaid cowrie shells for eyes, mounted on wooden base, from Mundugumor tribe, Sepik River region, New Guinea, 1871-1920
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