Wooden carved figure of a crocodile. The body has been carved with hexagonal patterns and there are scrollwork patterns to either sides of the abdomen. The figure has been stained. [PR [OPS move] 6/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden carved figure of a crocodile. The body has been carved with hexagonal patterns and there are scrollwork patterns to either sides of the abdomen. The figure has been stained. [PR [OPS move] 6/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Sepik
Person: Field collector Michael Carey; PRM source Michael Carey
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1972
Date collected: 1970 - 1972
Acquisition information: Donated: 18/07/1989
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Stained
Dimensions: Width: max 55 mm, Length: max 315 mm, Height: max 57 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1989.28.5
Research and responses: The crocodile was the creator of the earth in Sepik mythology.

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