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possibly ca. 15th century

Title: Figure
Date: possibly ca. 15th century
Object Type: Sculpture
Medium: Wood with traces of pigment
Dimensions: 170.2 x 40.6 x 38.1 cm (67 x 16 x 15 in.)
Credit Line: Foundation purchase, Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions
Accession Number: 2012.77.1

"Probably collected by German traders in the 1880s or on the von Scheinitz Expedition in 1886, after which it entered the Königlichen Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin; Arthur Speyer Collection, Eltville, Germany; Ralph Nash Collection, London." (Catalog #135, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 103.)

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