Anthropomaphic, female ancestral figure

Made:
1870-1900
Anthropomaphic, female ancestral figure, one of pair, wooden

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Anthropomaphic, female ancestral figure, one of pair, wooden
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Anthropomaphic, female ancestral figure, one of pair, wooden, painted red, with decorated body and face, from Admiralty Islands, South Pacific Ocean, Melanesian, 1870-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655847
Materials:
wood, metal, wire and beads, glass
type:
statues
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)