figure;
religious/ritual equipment
- Museum number
- Oc1884,0728.49
- Description
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Male Malagan figure made of wood, painted in red, black and white. At the base, a fish's head with open mouth, from which proceed two figures of fish reaching to the chin of the figure; grey whiskers and spikes representing hair on the head; two yellow tusks reaching to forehead; two plumes in wood projecting form the ears.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 153.50 centimetres
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Width: 33 centimetres
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Depth: 30 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1998 Oct-Dec, Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Henry Moore: Friendships and Influences
Also included in 'Human Image', Hotung Gallery British Museum 2000
2003, Apr-Sep, BM, 'Museum of the Mind: Art and Memory in World Cultures'
- Acquisition date
- 1884
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1884,0728.49
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1973,Q.9 (also registered as)