Honorific Figure (Fern Figure)
Southern Malekula Island
Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
collected mid-20th century
Fernwood, pigment
Overall: 54 in. (137.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27205
Geography
Place Made: Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Monumental Figural Sculpture from the Melanesian Collection, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 6-March 31, 1996.
Peoples of Oceania: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1-30, 1995.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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