Timbuwarra ("Ancestor Figure")
Date20th century
Place madeSouthern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Oceania
MediumVegetal fiber, mud, pigment
Dimensions50 1/2 × 24 × 12 in. (128.2703 × 60.9601 × 30.4801 cm)
Classifications*Objects
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.2518
Object numberA.1995.93.2518
Description"Dead Wife" effigy: flat, thin figure, with projecting arms and toes giving it a more three-dimensional look; colora sre tan and white; materials are vegetal fiber and mud pigment; object was woven and painted.On View
Not on viewCollections
20th century
c. 1900
20th century
Mid-20th century
Early 20th century
c. 1880
ca. 1950