Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2018-0006-0027 | |
| Category | Carvings | |
| Object Name | Carving (storyboard) | |
| Culture | Melanesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Papua New Guinea | |
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| Other Geographic Data | Sepik River region | |
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| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Earth pigments | |
| Description | Small storyboard carved from a single flat, oval-shaped piece of wood; Scene is carved in bas relief and depicts a village scene, including a central canoe (with alligator prow) with two men rowing and two figures riding; A group of three villagers (a woman and two men) are on the shoreline; Several village houses and trees are also depicted in the background, along with a central sun motif; Details of all carved figures (people’s facial features and clothing, leaves on trees, decorative motifs on canoe, etc.) are accentuated by shallowly incised lines filled with lime; Areas between carved figures are lightly coated with an earth pigment; Two holes remain at top where plant fiber handle, now missing, had been attached; Unsigned. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 22.5, Width = 33.9, Thickness = 2.4 | |