Collection place: Kabriman village area, Middle Sepik Area, Papua New Guinea / Accession number: Acc.1915 / Function: 4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled House post, accession number 11-37821, described as house post, from haus tamabran; carved wood; carved and painted on both sides, with spirit faces and scalloped and lozenge shapes which fill up non-representational areas of design; painted white, black, ochre; hornlike projections from top of head, which generally flares out from main shaft of wood