- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden carved human figure, standing, no feet, top of head blackened. There is a hole which runs from the top of the head right through the body, ending between the legs. Made from a light wood. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/3/2005]
- Cultural groups
- Konyak Naga
- Person
- Field collector John Henry Hutton
- Field collector James Philip Mills
- PRM source John Henry Hutton
- PRM source James Philip Mills
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1923
- Date collected
- October 1923
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1924
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 49 mm, Width: max 80 mm, Length: max 390 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.85.309
Search terms: Figure
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