Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Culture or time period: Melanesian cultures / Accession number: Acc.2450 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Female figure, accession number 11-39281, described as Figure, female, seated on rounded base. Wood, painted black. Body stylized, hands on knees, with eye-like decoration on buttocks and shoulder cape. Fiber plaited wristlets and anklets. Large head with prominent features. Pupiled eyes (one missing) of pearl shell. Hat with two heads with pupiled, pearl eyes (one missing)

Hearst Museum object titled Model pig, accession number 11-39278, described as Pig, large basketry model, plaited technique with open warp spacing. Painted black with white, golden and rust stripes. Eyes of cowrie shell on coiled base. Main body is decorated with cassowary tail plumes, with three feather wands on either side of the snout.