Painting

Museum number:
17-596
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21170000596
Alternate number:
17 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3220
Description:
Girl in dance costume and a sorceress wearing a net bag.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Papua New Guinea
Maker or artist:
Caroline Mytinger
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection date:
1933–1937
Place depicted:
Melanesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Paintings (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
1933–1937
Accession date:
March 26, 1976
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
width 87 centimeters and height 117 centimeters
Title:
For the Dance (Title Subject)
Comment:
Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua, Motu, Hanuabada village. Pyroengraved bamboo frame.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 17-596, described as Girl in dance costume and a sorceress wearing a net bag.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 17-596, described as Girl in dance costume and a sorceress wearing a net bag.

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