Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Male figure
- Place of origin
-
Ofafina →
Okapa District →
Eastern Highlands Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Year
- collected 1964
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- carved wood, feathers, plant fibres, grass, rattan, cane, shells, natural pigments
- Dimensions
-
146.2 x 31.0 x 13.0cm (approx.):
a - Figure; 146.2 x 31 x 13cm; approx.
b - Plaited brown and natural wrist decoration - right; 89cm; approx. length overall
c - Yellow cane necklace; 15cm; approx. diameter
d - Diamond shaped neck decoration; 29 x 2.6cm; 29.0cm approx. length of band; 2.6cm approx. width of band
e - Plaited brown, natural and pink wrist decoration -; 65cm; 65.0cm approx. length overall; 39.0cm approx. length of plaited strands
f - Shell headdress; 47 x 1.3cm; 47.0cm approx. length outside circumference; 20.5cm approx. inside length shell band; 1.3cm approx. width
g - Fibre neck decoration; 25cm; 25.0cm approx. length of knotted/woven design; 25.0cm approx. length bands (left & right)
h - Feathered headdress; 12 x 8cm; 12.0cm approx. diameter inside band; 8.0cm approx. height to tip of tallest feather
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1977
- Accession number
- 643.1979.a-h
- Location
- Not on display
