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Blackwater Carving

Originally collected by missionaries, it was on loan to the Aberystwyth Museum in Wales and exhibited there for some time.

From: The Blackwater culture, tribal New Guinea, circa 19th cent.
Height: 24.1 inches (61 cm.)
Width: 6.8 inches (17.2 cm.)
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