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Male figure

Biwat people, Yuat River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Male figure
 (mid 20th century)

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
29.1 × 17.7 × 14.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1965
© the artists

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Biwat village, Yuat River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
D86-1971

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Frontal figure on flat base with feet marked on it, short legs without joints defined. Short arms carved into hips, hands marked on surface of end of arms. Body has 'eye' pattern of grooves around each nipple, triangular grooves above the navel. The head is small with large flat long face sloping forward, prominent nose.

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