Oil painting

Museum number:
17-600
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21170000600
Alternate number:
08 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3220
Description:
Melanesian mother and child. Height: 48 cm, Width/breadth: 64 cm
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Islands Region
Verbatim coll. place:
Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Bougainville
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Maker or artist:
Caroline Mytinger
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection date:
1933–1937
Materials:
Bamboo (material) (bamboo frame) and Oil paint (paint)
Place depicted:
Melanesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil paintings (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
1933-1937
Accession date:
March 26, 1976
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
height 48 centimeters and width 64 centimeters
Title:
Big and Little Buka (Title Subject)
Comment:
Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Bougainville. Pyroengraved bamboo frame.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Oil painting, accession number 17-600, described as Melanesian mother and child. Height: 48 cm, Width/breadth: 64 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Oil painting, accession number 17-600, described as Melanesian mother and child. Height: 48 cm, Width/breadth: 64 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Oil painting, accession number 17-600, described as Melanesian mother and child. Height: 48 cm, Width/breadth: 64 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 17-600, described as Melanesian mother and child. Height: 48 cm, Width/breadth: 64 cm

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