Carved and painted wooden tablet, with representation of face. [BS [OPS Move] 14/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved and painted wooden tablet, with representation of face. [BS [OPS Move] 14/7/2017]
Long description: Carved and painted wooden tablet, with representation of face. Oval shaped board, the ends taper to a point where there are sub diamond shaped projections, one carved and painted with concentric circles. There is a central depiction of a face filled with pigment surrounded by a border of chevrons. [BS [OPS Move] 14/7/2017]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Gulf Province Ravi-Kevau
Cultural groups: Purari; Namau
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1937
Date collected: 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions: Depth: max 20 mm, Length: max 1008 mm, Width: max 255 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.364 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 364

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