Head rest
(c. 1950)
Medium
earth pigments on wood, cowrie shell
Measurements
8.5 × 66.8 × 7.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Clive Stephen through the National Gallery Society of Victoria, 1953
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
1369-D4
Departments
Oceanic Decorative Arts / Pacific Art
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Physical description
The narrow head rest has a flat top and crocodile head at one end with raised eyes sockets set with Cowrie shells and two sets of incised teeth. At the other end is a projecting tail. Both sides of the head rest and legs are decorated with incised concentric ovals, curves and lines.