figure
- Museum number
- Oc1980,11.87
- Description
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Carved male figure with two bird's heads above. Made of wood, shell, paint.
- Production date
- 1974-1975
- Dimensions
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Height: 155 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Illustrated in F. Carey (ed), 'Collecting the 20th century', London, British Museum Publications, 1981, p.20
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Register 1980:
Another similar [to Oc1980,11.86] but male with shell eyes and two bird's heads above the figure. The overall red colour is deeper more scarlet than the other figures. Yellow face and bird's heads decorated in black and white.
SARIKIM 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
- Oc1980,11.87
