lintel
- Museum number
- Oc1980,11.38.b
- Description
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Lintel (part of, male figure with two hornbills at the top) made of wood, paint.
- Production date
- 1974-1975
- Dimensions
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Length: 302 centimetres
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Width: 46 centimetres
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Depth: 30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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In set with Oc1980,11.38.a
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Register 1980:
A and B wood carved lintel, with plain wood back, in two parts. Two male figures top are with shell eyes (one missing). Two hornbills at the top, are below the moon face in the middle. Mainly red, yellow faces with black and white patterning with traces of yellow. Smaller faces decorate the sides of the figures.
STAPIKUM 1, village WOSERA, sub-district MAPRIK, district EAST-SEPIK, province PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
Collection made between 5 August and 7 September 1980 in the village of Sarikim, Wosera Sub-district, Maprik District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, by the British Museum staff (Dorota C. Starzecka with the assistance of John D Lee, Conservation Dept), consisting mainly of the contents of the ceremonial house in Sarikim, with some additional objects from Sarikim and other neighbouring villages.
See Eth. Doc. 954.
Photographs in Dept. Pictorial Archive.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1980
- Acquisition notes
- Collection made between 5 August and 7 September 1980 in the village of Sarikim, Wosera Sub-district, Maprik District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, by the British Museum staff (Dorota C. Starzecka with the assistance of David John Lee, Conservation Department), consisting mainly of the contents of the Sarikim ceremonial house, with some additional material from Sarikim and other neighbouring villages.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1980,11.38.b
