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Belt

Papuan Gulf, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Belt
 (early 20th century)

Medium
earth pigments on wood

Measurements
12.0 × 33.8 × 30.1 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Hilda Richards, 1973

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
ETH13-1973

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Intricate design of raised lines in a panel, pointed at each end on one sector of belt. This panel has zigzag line around the edge. The patterns of ancestral figures with bent lines, elbows with raised arms, small heads with no features. Double ancestral figures with four placed vertically, in profile, spiral motifs to each side in between spaces, between designs are filled with lime.

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