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Catalog Number CAS 2018-0006-0029   CAS 2018-0006-0029; Carving
Category Carvings
Object Name Carving
Culture Australian Aborigine
Global Region Australia
Country Australia
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County
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Date of Manufacture ca. 1980
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Earth pigments
Description Australian aboriginal wood carving; Four-tiered wooden carving, with two solid cylindrical segments separated by two-pronged segments; The lower two-pronged segment connects with the cylindrical segments while the upper two-pronged segment rests on a cylindrical segment but is open at the top; Cylindrical areas are painted with all-over cross-hatched pattern in red, white, yellow and black; Design panels on these portions are segments by a vertical band of black dots bordered in thick black lines; “Leg” segments are painted entirely in brick red. Unsigned.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 35.6, Max Diam = 6.7