Collection place: Blackwater River, East Sepik Province, Momase Region / Donor: Ellsworth La Boyteaux - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Shield, accession number 11-37823, described as shield, fighting; rectangular slab of wood has design motifs carved in low relief, filled in with pigments; main design is abstracted face in center with staring eyes and bulbous nose; smaller face reversed at top; bottom 40% of shield has zigzag patterns; other curvilinear designs; painted white, black, ochre, yellow

Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37813, described as stool, men’s; carved wood, with slightly concave seat and base of approximately same size, joined by four bent legs with lozenge-shaped knobs running up and down the outside surface

Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37819, described as stool, men’s; carved wood; round seat and base are joined by four bent legs, each of which has carved lozenge-shaped knobs on outer surface

Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37814, described as stool, men’s; carved wood; block of wood is partially hollowed by charring and cutting; stool has overall shape when viewed from above; worn human heads emerge from either end; incised chevron designs on each side

Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37815, described as stool, men’s; carved wood; roughly oval seat and base are joined by four bent legs, each of which has carved lozenge shapes on outer surface; white pigment on seat

Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37816, described as stool, men’s; carved wood; round seat and base are joined by four bent legs, each of which has carved lozenge shapes on outer surface; ;lozenge shapes carved around base also

Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37818, described as stool, men’s; carved wood; roughly square seat and base are joined by four bent legs

Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37817, described as stool, men’s; carved wood; oval seat and base are joined by four bent legs, each of which has carved lozenge shapes on outer surface; cloth strips tied around legs