Figure, mid 20th century, collected 1961 ::

Other Title: Female figure
Place where the work was made: Goroka District → Eastern Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea
Cultural origin: possibly Alekano people
Dates: mid 20th century
collected 1961
Media categories: Ceremonial object , Mixed media
Materials used: gourd (Lagenaria siceraria), human hair, machine-wove cotton fabric, plant fibre string, coix seeds (Coix lacryma-jobi), white clay, pale red and red ochre pigments, gold-lipped oyster shell fragment (Pinctada maxima), dried plant fibre
Dimensions: 68.0 x 34.0 x 22.0 cm
Credit: Purchased 1977
Location: Not on display
Accession number: 294.1977
Copyright: © Under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
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