Painted and carved male ancestral figure with headdress

Made:
1851-1910 in Papua New Guinea
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Painted and carved wooden male ancestral figure with elaborate
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Painted and carved wooden male ancestral figure with elaborate
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Painted and carved wooden male ancestral figure with elaborate
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Painted and carved wooden male ancestral figure with elaborate
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Painted and carved wooden male ancestral figure with elaborate
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Painted and carved wooden male ancestral figure with elaborate
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Painted and carved wooden male ancestral figure with elaborate
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Painted and carved wooden male ancestral figure with elaborate
Science Museum Group Collections
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Painted and carved wooden male ancestral figure with elaborate rectangular headdress and bead earrings, mounted on wooden base, from Papua New Guinea, 1851-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A100848
Materials:
wood, beads, fibre, thread and base, wood
Measurements:
overall: 1240 mm x 204 mm x 148 mm, 5.26 kg
type:
statues
credit:
Sothebys