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Ancestor figure

Massim people, Woodlark Island, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Ancestor figure
 (c. 1950)

Medium
wood, earth pigment

Measurements
38.0 × 11.0 × 19.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Dr Clive Stephen through the National Gallery Society of Victoria, 1953

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Woodlark Island, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
1364-D4

Departments
Oceanic Sculpture / Pacific Art

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Physical description
Carved figure seated on a solid narrow stool with an oval base. The figure with no feet has a long rounded body with arms straight along its sides and joined to its hips, rounded head with a small rectangular projection at the back of the head, long nose, small slit eyes and mouth filled with lime. Its ears pointed and triangular in shape which may indicate pierced earlobes.

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