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Title

Male figure

mid 20th century
collected 1964

Artists

Unknown Artist

  • Details

    Other Title
    Male decoy figure
    Place where the work was made
    Gimi village → Okapa District → Eastern Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea
    Cultural origin
    probably Fore people
    Dates
    mid 20th century
    collected 1964
    Media categories
    Mixed media , Sculpture
    Materials used
    wood, iron nails, feathers, yellow orchid stem fibre (Dendrobium), glass beads, red synthetic pigment, black pigment, nassa shells (Nassarius), pig tusks, coix seeds (Coix lacryma-jobi), black seeds, plant fibre string, barkcloth, split rattan, marsupial fur, looped plant-fibre string, pale red and brown plant dyes, bast fibre, sedge grass
    Dimensions
    150.0 x 31.0 x 17.0 cm :

    a - figure, 150 cm, height

    b - barkcloth head adornment, 30 cm, length approx.

    c - shell headdress, 31 cm, length

    d - pig tusk nose ornament, 12.8 cm, length longest tusk

    e - coix seed waist decoration, 18 cm, diameter approx.

    f - plant fibre string headdress, 17 cm, length approx.

    g - feathered headdress, 31 cm, diameter

    h - plaited string waist decoration, 17 cm, diameter

    i - grass lap lap, 34 x 25 cm

    j - grass lap lap with double ply string, 25 x 23 cm

    k - black bead waist decoration, 20 cm, diameter approx.

    l - bilum, 31 cm, length, without handle

    Credit
    Purchased 1977
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    301.1977.a-l
    Copyright
    © Under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics

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  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 2 publications