Painting on palm spathe
- Museum number:
- 11-37731a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm211137731a@2cb
- Accession number:
- Acc.1915
- Description:
- painting, on palm spathe; black background; one-half of larger painting consisting of two spathes lashed together; curvilinear design of scrolls and circle motifs throughout; red, yellow, white
- Donor:
- Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
- Collection place:
- Washkuk Hills, Upper Sepik River, New Guinea
- Collector:
- Bruce D. Lawes
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Paintings (visual works)
- Accession date:
- 1964
- Department:
- Oceania
- Comment:
- bundled together w/ 11-37731b. Used to decorate ceiling of haus tambaran.