Collection Online

Post
(early 20th century)

Medium
wood

Measurements
435.8 × 36.0 × 29.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1965

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
D90-1971

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
The post carved from a narrow straight log, its surface blackened by fire, one end sharpened to stand in the ground, the other flattened and notched. A vertical row of figures carved down each side of the post, two rows are largely identical.