Sago peg with carved, painted head. Peg is split from its tapered bottom to midpoint, where it is wrapped with a wide band of woven rattan as well as two thin rings also of woven rattan. Its top is painted a dark brown with areas of lacquering, and carved into the heads of a human and a bird. Two faces each span two facets of the diamond-shaped human head, featuring protruding eyes and brows, and protruding lips in an undercut chin. Above is the bird’s head, sitting atop a long curved neck with parted beak dropping toward the forehead of one of the human faces. Small wings are blunt and partially unfurled.

• Narrative

  Collected during the donor's time as a missionary nurse in Papua New Guinea, 1964-1970.

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• Type of Item peg
• Culture New Guinea
• Material wood, rattan, paint, lacquer
• Measurements height 58.5 cm, width 4.5 cm, depth 4.5 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Elizabeth Trees
• Received from Elizabeth Trees

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• Made in East Sepik

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• Creation Date before 1970
• Collection Date between 1964 and 1970
• Ownership Date before October 9, 2015
• Acquisition Date on October 9, 2015

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3134/0002