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Tamasua

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

Tamasua 19th Century , wood, clay, resin, shell
210.0 (h) x 44.0 (w) x 32.0 (d) cm On loan from the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery
  • Personal name Tamasua; carved at Tambigenum but collected at Maramba village, Yuat River, Angoram speakers, East Sepik Province.
  • Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery registration number 81.26.115 (original registration number lost or never registered).
  • Published in Laumann 1951, TPNGPMAG 1967 Plate 1, and TPNGPMAG 1976b: 11.
  • Information taken from Barry Craig, 'Living spiritis with fixed abodes', University of Hawaii Press, 2010