Painting on palm spathe

Museum number:
11-37744
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
painting, on palm spathe; black background; wedge-shaped at one end; curvilinear design consisting of repeated scroll motifs; dot motif; horizontally painted ribs at top; yellow, brown, 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 165.5 centimeters
Comment:
Used to decorate ceiling of haus tambaran.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Painting on palm spathe, accession number 11-37744, described as painting, on palm spathe; black background; wedge-shaped at one end; curvilinear design consisting of repeated scroll motifs; dot motif; horizontally painted ribs at top; yellow, brown, whiteHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Painting on palm spathe, accession number 11-37744, described as painting, on palm spathe; black background; wedge-shaped at one end; curvilinear design consisting of repeated scroll motifs; dot motif; horizontally painted ribs at top; yellow, brown, white

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