Bird Head, Date unknown, Papua New Guinea, Morobe province, Morobe province, Stone, pigment, H. 4 1/2 x W. 2 x D. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 x 5.1 x 11.4 cm), Stone-Sculpture, Unearthed in the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea, this ancient stone image may represent the head of the cassowary, an ostrichlike bird. Among many contemporary New Guinea peoples, the cassowary is regarded as a supernaturally powerful animal and this image indicates that such beliefs possibly extend far into prehistory
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Bird Head, Date unknown, Papua New Guinea, Morobe province, Stone, pigment, H, 4 1/2 x W, 2 D, 1/2, 11.4 5.1 11.4 cm, Stone-Sculpture, Unearthed, Eastern Highlands, New, ancient stone image, represent, head, cassowary, ostrichlike bird, contemporary New, Guinea, peoples, regarded, supernaturally powerful, animal, image indicates, beliefs, extend far, prehistory
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