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Title

Male figure

mid 20th century
collected 1967

Artists

Unknown Artist

Alternate image of Male figure by
Alternate image of Male figure by

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Pangia → Southern Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea
    Cultural origin
    Wiru people
    Dates
    mid 20th century
    collected 1967
    Media category
    Ceremonial object
    Materials used
    wood, yellow and red ochre pigments, black natural pigment, 2 blue glass marbles, human hair, marsupial fur, plant fibre, coix seeds (Coix lacryma-jobi), gold-lipped oyster shell (Pinctada maxima), plaited split rattan, vine, pangi seeds (Pangium edule), tree bark, feather shaft, cassowary feathers (Casuarius)
    Dimensions
    110.0 x 40.0 x 22.0 cm figure (with headdress); club 48.0 cm length
    Credit
    Gift of Stan Moriarty 1977
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    593.1979.a-b
    Copyright
    © Wiru people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Pangia

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 1 publication