Drawing in pencil and coloured pencil of two male figures and a female figure all in similar position. [SM 02/05/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Drawing in pencil and coloured pencil of two male figures and a female figure all in similar position. [SM 02/05/2008]
Long description: Drawing in pencil and coloured pencil of two male figures and a female figure all in similar position. The figure in the middle has female genitalia and the other two have male. Labelled : ' Object on top of head described by artist as cock's feather put on for dance'. This object is on top of the head of the figure on the left. The woman was wearing a hat, but this has been erased from the drawing, although it is still visible. The man on the left has yellow hair and eyes; the woman has orange hair and eyes and the man on the right has green hair and eyes [SM 02/05/2008]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Bougainville Kurtachi
Person: Maker Kakari; Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: 1930
Date collected: By 1975
Acquisition information: Found unentered: 1994
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Pencil, Material Pigment, Process Drawn
Dimensions: Length: max 315 mm, Width: max 227 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1994.15.1301

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