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Janus-faced Post for a Men's House, Tunggambit, Blackwater River, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, 1900-50...

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HST169879
Image title
Janus-faced Post for a Men's House, Tunggambit, Blackwater River, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea, 1900-50 (wood with conus-shell eyes)
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Artist
Kapriman Culture (20th century)
Location
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
Medium
wood with conus-shell eyes
Date
1900 AD - 1950 AD (C19th AD - C20th AD)
Dimensions
261 cms
Image description

spiritual life in New Guinea centres around men's ceremonial houses; sculpture possibly represents clan ancestor;

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Photo: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / Museum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Fund / Bridgeman Images
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carving / melanesian / protective spirit / symbolic / oceania / primitive / superstitious / tribal / south pacific / oceanic / guinean / sapak
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Largest available format 6859 × 8804 px 15 MB
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Large 6859 × 8804 px 581 × 745 mm 15.3 MB
Medium 798 × 1024 px 68 × 87 mm 920 KB

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