| Object Number |
18221 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Solomon Islander |
| Provenience |
Solomon Islands |
| Date Made |
Before 1875 |
| Section |
Oceanian |
| Materials |
Wood | Shell | Pigment |
| Technique |
Carved |
| Description |
Female figure on flat round base, holding a large cup on her head, White shell eyes, stretched earlobes (to accommodate ear plugs), incised scarification patterns on torso, upper arms and face. Painted black, with white lime (now mostly missing) in incised designs on figure and cup. |
| Height |
58.5 cm |
| Width |
22 cm |
| Credit Line |
Gift of William Pepper, 1891 |
| Other Number |
LE705 - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| [Book] Newton, Douglas, and Kaufmann, Christian, and Kaeppler, Adrienne L. 1997. Oceanic Art.. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 453 |
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| [Article] Davenport, William H. 1968. "Sculpture of the Eastern Solomons". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 2. pg. 4-25 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 5 |
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| [Book] Wingert, Paul S., and Linton, Ralph. 1946. Arts of the South Seas.. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p.181 |
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| [Book] Madeira, Percy C. 1964. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. University of Pennsylvania Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 89 |
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| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Culin, Robert S. 1892. Loan Exhibition: Objects Used in Religious Ceremonies and Charms and Implements for Divination.. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: page 162 #705 |
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