Title
Ceremonial lime holder (stopper in the form of a carved figure surmounted by a bird)
mid 20th century
collected 1965
Artist
No image
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Yentchan Village
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Middle Sepik River
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East Sepik Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Iatmul people
- Dates
- mid 20th century
collected 1965 - Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bamboo, wood, split rattan cane, plant fibre, yellow, red and orange ochres, white mineral pigment, charcoal
- Dimensions
- 78.0 x 8.5 x 7.0 cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1965
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 378.1994
- Artist information
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Iatmul people
Works in the collection
- Share
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 45. cat.no. 61; 'Lime holder, ceremonial, stopper in the form of a carved figure surmounted by a bird. Yentchan village (Iatmul). Wood, bamboo, fibre, string, painted. 80h Collected 1965 (11)'.
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