DepartmentOceania

Timbuwarra ("Ancestor Figure")

NameAncestor Figure

CultureHighlands Pangia Tribe, Wiru Culture

Date20th century

Place madeSouthern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania

MediumVegetal fiber, mud, pigment

Dimensions50 1/2 × 24 × 12 in. (128.2703 × 60.9601 × 30.4801 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.2518

Object numberA.1995.93.2518

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

Description"Dead Wife" effigy: flat, thin figure, with projecting arms and toes giving it a more three-dimensional look; colora sre tan and white; materials are vegetal fiber and mud pigment; object was woven and painted.

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