Medium: Wood, turban snail (Turbo petholatus) opercula, pigment
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Dates:19th century
Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (18.4 x 15.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 84.109
Image: 84.109_SL1.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Carved and painted malangan dance ornament in the shape of a rooster standing on a flying fish. Painted in black and red with traces of white. Eyes of rooster are inlaid shells. Condition: Paint flaking off. Piece of the cockscomb has broken off and is stored with the piece. There is already a repair on this tip. Tip of fish's wing is missing. Old repairs: across tail feathers; on cockscomb; across tip of fish's wing (repaired with a nail under fish's wing).