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Male figure

Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Yuat River, Dauneng Village  

Male figure 19th or early 20th century , wood, ochre
158.0 (h) x 38.0 (w) x 34.0 (d) cm On loan from the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery
  • Dauneng village, Yuat River, Biwat speakers, East Sepik Province.
  • Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery registration number E.1347 [incorrect number; identified as E.361.1, collected by Dadi Wirz in 1955 and registered 7 December 1956.]
  • Exhibited at the Art Gallery of NSW, 20 April - 22 May 1966 (AGNSW 1966, Item 50 - illustrated as Plate 17) and published in Meyer 1995:217.
  • Information taken from Barry Craig, 'Living spiritis with fixed abodes', University of Hawaii Press, 2010