Painting on palm spathe

Museum number:

11-37741

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Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

painting, on palm spathe; black background has two large faces with bulbous noses and upturned “anchor” design mouths (or noses); dentate design; dot motif; red, yellow, white

Donor:

Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux

Collection place:

Washkuk Hills, Upper Sepik River, New Guinea

Culture or time period:

New Guinea, Papua Island

Collector:

Bruce D. Lawes

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Paintings (visual works)

Function:

4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings

Accession date:

1964

Department:

Oceania

Dimensions:

Whole— length 151.5 centimeters

Comment:

Used to decorate ceiling of haus tambaran.