House post

Museum number:
11-37821
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
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
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Kabriman Village, Blackwater River, Sepik District
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
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

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