Kneeling figure with head-dress and exaggeratedly large face/mask and with elaborate body decoration

Provenance

Part of the Paget Collection

Not on display

Title/Description: Kneeling figure with head-dress and exaggeratedly large face/mask and with elaborate body decoration

Object Type: Figure

Materials: Cowrie, Fibre, Pigment, Wood

Accession Number: 40037

Production Place: Pacific, Papua New Guinea

Credit Line: Bequeathed by Hugh Paget

1850 - 1950

Elephant ivory

h. 57 x w. 27 x d. 34 mm

Gold, Pigment, Silk

h. 765 x w. 370 mm

1800 c. - 1980 c.

Fibre, Wood

l. 311 x w. 180 x d. 10 mm

1959

Canvas, Oil paint

h. 1283 x w. 954 mm Framed: h. 1331 x w. 997 x d. 47 mm