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carving

human history
  • Description

    House carving

    Made from wood. A rectangular backboard of wood with applied wood carving at from. The carving depicts an anthropomorphic face in red and black with large black eyes, a square nose, and a big curved smile baring teeth. The face has a large forehead with wavy and spiral lines around it's head. On the backboard above the head is black painted abstract designs. The carving has been mounted on 2 detachable stands of blocks of wood

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    2002.24.9
  • Accession Date
    16 Apr 2002
  • Other Id

    55948 (ethnology)

    89.147 (Mick Pendergrast)

  • Department
carving, house

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