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carving

human history
  • Other Name

    yemilla (Papua New Guinean)

  • Description

    Carved head; "magic carvings used in bewitching people by pointing at them" (from ethno. card)

    "Locality called Yemilla" (from ethno. card).

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1914.23
  • Accession Date
    1913
  • Other Id

    12880 (ethnology)

  • Department
carving

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