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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Oceanic; Melanesian; Kambot
Title:Storyboard
Date Made:20th century
Materials:Wood (Artocarpus tree)
Place Made:Oceania; Melanesia; Malay Archipelago; New Guinea; East Sepik Province; Kambot Village
Measurements:54 x 29 in.
Accession Number:  MH 1979.30.13
Credit Line:Gift of Mary S. Olmsted (Class of 1941)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
The mens' house is central to the carving, surrounded by 11 men sometimes holding a shield or a club. Three people are inside the house. Three birds fly over the house, while another figure watches from above. A depiction of a crocodile is at the bottom of the carving in a stylized river.

Tags:
indigenous people

Subjects:
Indigenous peoples

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