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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Oceanic; Melanesian
| | Title: | Gogadala head
| | Date Made: | 20th century
| | Type: | Ceremonial
| | Materials: | Wood, polychrome paint
| | Place Made: | Oceania; Melanesia; Malay Archipelago; New Guinea; Western Province, Balimo Village
| | Measurements: | Overall: 24 in x 7 1/2 in; 61 cm x 19 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH 1979.30.41
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mary S. Olmsted (Class of 1941)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
carved wooden figure, with red, yellow, white, and black paint. seems to be a man's head on a snake's body on a stand. there is a loss above the left eyebrow. tag reads "Gogadala Head Balimo Village Western Province"
Tags:
indigenous people Subjects:
Indigenous peoples; polychrome Link to share this object record:
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