Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2005-0006-0027 | |
| Category | Carvings | |
| Object Name | Figurine (man with bird on his back) | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | Sepik River area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood: Native Cordage; Pigments; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells | |
| Description | 3-dimensional carving of a male ancestor figure, shown in standing position with his hands at his sides, wearing a plant fiber skirt and an elaborately painted mask that is painted mostly white; His eyes are represented by cowrie shells and he wears a cordage nose ring and several cordage strands in each ear; Top of man's head is stained or painted black; Perched on the man's shoulders with both its feet is a hornbill, carved from the same piece of wood; Hornbill's folded wings are deeply carved and decorated with three loops of native cordage; Cowrie shells are also used for the hornbill's eyes; Hornbill's tail and man's feet are both attached to wide base which was originally stained or painted black, all carved from single piece of wood. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 64.3, Width = 24.7, Depth = 29.6 | |