lintel, carved wood; placed over entrance to pig’s heads at either end; relief human faces on either side, as well as bird forms; curvilinear and other painted designs in white, black, and pinkish-orange
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Torembi village, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Papuan
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978), S1980-1981 #34: Triton Museum of Art (November 17, 1980–January 7, 1981), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)