Human Figure*
Human Figure*
Human Figure*
Human Figure*
Human Figure*
Human Figure*

Image credit: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

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A human figure, carved from hibiscus (urabar) wood and painted red, white and black, wearing a skirt of shredded leaf, a triangular chest ornament of pearl-shell and a palm-leaf headdress. It was used in a garden to increase magic. This example was made for Dr Haddon.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Cambridge

Title

Human Figure*

Medium

hibiscus wood, pearl shell, palm leaf & pigment

Accession number

Z 9460

Acquisition method

collected and donated by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon

Work type

Sculpture

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