Untitled (figure from Rabaul)

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Accession Number ART09334
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 51 x 42 x 10 cm
Object type Sculpture
Physical description wood, ochre, seeds
Maker Unknown
Date made Unknown
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright unknown

Description

Tribal carving of figure with painted surface. The figure holds above above its head and has a snake wrapped arounds its body. It has two red seeds for eyes, a torso painted yellow and shoulders coloured red and green.