Carved wooden head

Museum number:
11-36978
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1227
Description:
Wooden head. An ancestral effigy, hung outside the house, Tamberan, along with numerous others. Carved and painted.
Donor:
Ralph Craib
Collection place:
Maprik District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Papuan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1968-1969 #111: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (April 29, 1969–June 3, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carved wooden head, accession number 11-36978, described as Wooden head. An ancestral effigy, hung outside the house, Tamberan, along with numerous others. Carved and painted.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carved wooden head, accession number 11-36978, described as Wooden head. An ancestral effigy, hung outside the house, Tamberan, along with numerous others. Carved and painted.

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