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Carved Wooden Ancestral Figures

Field Museum of Natural History

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Field Museum of Natural History
picture postcards
Chicago, Illinois, United States
n.d.
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Anthropology set no. 20
overall: 14.00 cm x 8.90 cm
Number 1 of a series of 10 different postcards packaged in a matching envelope. The series was produced by the Field Museum of Natural History and is entitled "Anthropology Set No. 20 - 10 Cards - 20 Cents HUMAN AND ANIMAL FIGURES, NEW GUINEA." The postcard depicts two carved human figures wearing masks, with otherwise somewhat crudely carved features. They are also wearing loincloths and are facing right. The figure on the right has a nose piercing.
Field Museum of Natural History; postcard; New Guinea; carving; ancestral figures
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Gift of Mary Hayes and Tony Melci
E003.1.1-1

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