Carved Head
29-50-629
From: New Guinea | Timbunke
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-629 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Timbunke |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Human. Wood. "Bearded". On the "beard" is carved a (?) bird's mask. The treatment of the back suggests as in the case of 29-50-628 an attempt to imitate the rear aspect of clayed skulls. Traces of colouring. |
| Height | 30.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 630 - Other Number | 0112 - Cast Number |
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