Carved figurine

Description
A carving of a male figure. One leg is slightly longer than the other. Patterns are etched on his body, arms and legs. Land dayak carving.

"Land Dayak carving. These were placed in the jungle around the long house to attract good spirits to the area."
- N. M. Roe field note: No. 23.
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Wood.
Production place
Sarawak, Malaysia
Collection
N.M. Roe Collection/Iban & Indonesian Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1972/129/8

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