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Housepost, ca. 1930–40
Papua New Guinea (Ramu River)
Wood, paint, fiber, and shell; H. 16 ft. 2 in. (4.9 m)
Gift of Horace W. Brock, in memory of Benjamin F. Dillingham II, 1999 (1999.104)


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