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Unknown

(Papua New Guinea)

Title
Female figure
Place of origin
Goroka DistrictEastern Highlands ProvincePapua New Guinea
Media category
Mixed media
Materials used
carved gourd, human hair, machine-wove cotton fabric, plant fibre string, Job's Tear (Coix lacryma-jobi) seeds, white clay, pale red and red ochre pigments, gold-lipped oyster (Pinctada maxima) shell; dried plant fibre
Dimensions

68.0 x 34.0 x 22.0cm

Credit
Purchased 1977
Accession number
294.1977
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (1)

'Highlands Art of New Guinea' by Chris Boylan and Greta North, pg. 73-83., The world of tribal arts Winter 1997, Winter 1997, 82 (colour illus.). fig.no. 24