Figure of a standing man with both arms raised with a fat snake coiled around his body and the head raised over his left shoulder. In plain natural coloured wood, light brown, very light in weight. A label attached reads: "Genuine Aborigine Product, Dept. of Aborigines" around crossed blowpipes and quivers; the other side reads: "Made by Orang Jah Hut of Jerantut, Pahang State, price $8/2". Previously broken at the ankles and the right arm. Fingers also broken.
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