Effigy Figure (Rambaramp)
Arts of the Pacific Islands
MEDIUM
Wood, fiber, mud, pigment, bone, shell, boar tusks
DATES
before 1900
DIMENSIONS
60 5/8 x 25 3/16 x 8 11/16 in. (154 x 64 x 22 cm)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2006.41
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Dr. Samuel Eilenberg, by exchange and Mary Smith Dorward Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
This figure is made primarily of fiber over a wood and wicker frame. The entire body and skull are painted with red, white, blue, and black pigments, primarily in stripes but also including triangular and diamond shape designs on the lower legs. Each articulated hand holds a shell. Each shoulder has an abstracted face which incorporates boar tusks. More boar's tusks are incorporated on the armbands and wristbands. The figure is mounted on an iron stand.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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