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Seated figure, ridge tile
(mid 20th century)

Medium
earthenware, earth pigment

Measurements
42.6 × 20.8 × 2.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Miss G. Carnegie and Mr D. Hays, 1969
© the artists

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Chambri Lakes, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
D139-1971

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Highly stylised sculpture decorated with earth pigments. A human figure sitting on an upturned claypot. Figure with bird at back on reversed pot form.