Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Male figure (witch doctor)
- Place of origin
-
Kagu →
Okapa District →
Eastern Highlands Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- North Fore or Kamano people
- Year
- collected 1964
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- wood, shells, bamboo, seeds and other material
- Dimensions
-
a - Figure; 157.5cm; height
b - Grass lap lap a); 44cm; height
c - Possum fur headdress attachments; 45cm; height
d - Lap lap b); 40cm; overall
e - Mother of pearl necklae; 47cm; length
f - Dilly bag; 40cm; height
g - Penis girdle; 25cm; 25.0 overall; wood piece 8.0 height
h - Main headdress; 18cm; width
i - Waist belt; 20cm; width
j - Waist belt
- Credit
- Purchased 1977
- Accession number
- 300.1977.a-j
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (2)
-
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Melanesian art, Sydney, 1966. cat.no. 241
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Domain, 1973. cat.no. H60
