Reproduction Cast of Ancestral Head
Sepik River
Papua New Guinea
about 1947
Plaster
Overall: 10 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 3 15/16 in. (26 × 12 × 10 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
47.24.10851
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Model
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; sold to present collection, 1947.
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