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DP145465
'Dugong Hunting Charm" is from the 19th century from the Kiwai culture located in either Australia or Papua New Guinea, Torres Strait, Torres Strait or Fly River region. It is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Gallery 354. According to the museum, many western Pacific people hunt dugongs, large marine mammals related to the manatee and a dugong charm was suspended beneath the platform to aid in luring the animals to get within range. This piece was made out of wood and contains the head of a bird and very small, detailed carvings. Its dimensions are eW. 6 × D. 1 × L. 24 3/8 in. (15.2 × 2.5 × 61.9 cm) and its credit line is The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift in 1961. "Dugong Hunting Charm" is also in the public domain on the museum's website.
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DP145465
'Dugong Hunting Charm" is from the 19th century from the Kiwai culture located in either Australia or Papua New Guinea, Torres Strait, Torres Strait or Fly River region. It is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Gallery 354. According to the museum, many western Pacific people hunt dugongs, large marine mammals related to the manatee and a dugong charm was suspended beneath the platform to aid in luring the animals to get within range. This piece was made out of wood and contains the head of a bird and very small, detailed carvings. Its dimensions are eW. 6 × D. 1 × L. 24 3/8 in. (15.2 × 2.5 × 61.9 cm) and its credit line is The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift in 1961. "Dugong Hunting Charm" is also in the public domain on the museum's website.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/311211?searchFiel...