Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Decorated male figure
- Place of origin
-
Kainantu →
Eastern Highlands Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Tairora people
- Year
- collected 1966
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- wood, rattan, feathers, hair, seeds, fur, boar's tusks
- Dimensions
-
1 - Figure; 154cm; height approx.
2 - Dilly bag and tapa decoration; 98 x 43cm; bag overall, tapa decoration 77.0cm length
3 - Black bead necklace; 17cm; width
4 - String neck piece; 28 x 40cm; width
5 - Lap lap; 20cm; length overall
6 - Tears of Job decoration; 66cm
7 - Tapa head decoration
- Credit
- Purchased 1977
- Accession number
- 303.1977
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (1)
-
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Domain, 1973. cat.no. H63
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Loan exhibition of Native art from the private collection previously not displayed of Mr S G Moriarty, Gallery Stephen Kellner, 15 Sep 1966–06 Oct 1966.
