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Carved Wooden Ancestral Figure

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 x 0.00 cm
Number 6 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 a human figure, wearing a mask, with otherwise somewhat crudely carved features. The figure has an elaborate headdress, is wearing a loincloth, is facing right, and has an elongated nose.
Field Museum of Natural History, postcard, New Guinea, Carved wooden ancestral figure, Northern New Guinea
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Gift of Mary Hayes and Tony Melci
E003.1.1-6

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