Accession No
2009.44
Description
copper - Untitled beaten copper, with wooden mounts and string. Signed ‘T/Danger’. Image shows two humanoid figures with clasped hands, with a quadruped at the right and base, and a bird on the left. Condition good: some copper corrosion on rear.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Southeast Coast; Port Moresby
Period
Source
Strathern, Marilyn (Dame; Prof.) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2009.44
Cultural Affliation
Material
copper; wood; fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) Female donor: Professor Dame Marilyn Stathern, William Wyseman Professor of Anthropology, 1993- 2008, Cambridge University, who conducted fieldwork in the PNG Highlands and in Port Moresby from the 1960s onward. Displayed in the donor’s house.
Event Date 15/9/2009
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Untitled beaten copper, with wooden mounts and string. Signed ‘T/Danger’. Image shows two humanoid figures with clasped hands, with a quadruped at the right and base, and a bird on the left. Condition good: some copper corrosion on rear.
Event Date 15/9/2009
Author: maa
FM:265824
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