plaque;
storyboard
- Museum number
- Oc1981,06.34
- Description
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Carved legendary plaque, story board made of wood, pigment, fibre.
- Dimensions
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Height: 40 centimetres
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Width: 144 centimetres
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Depth: 8 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1981:
Wood plaque carved in deep relief and pierced, reddish, black pigment on figures. White pigment in grooves. Broken fibre loop. Back flat.
Legendary scenes of ancestral life. Carved from the water seasoned buttress roof of a forest tree.
TSCHIMUNDO, village KERAM RIVER EAST SEPIK, province PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1981
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1981,06.34