Carved wooden pig
About This Item
- Date
- Unknown
- Geography
- Middle Sepik River, Papua NewGuinea
- Medium
- wood
- pigment
- Context
In Papua New Guinea, pigs and boars are culturally important, as they are part of ceremonial feasting, and boar’s tusks are still used for adornment today.
- Height
- 6.25 in
- Width
- 32 in
- Depth
- 6.25 in
- Copyright
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