Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul |
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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 |
Untitled (figure from Rabaul)
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.