Standing Openwork Figure

Unidentified Mimika maker

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20th century, probably around WWII

Wood and white pigment

Overall: 20 7/8 × 1 15/16 in. (53 × 5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

990.54.27860

Geography

Place Made: Southwest Coast region, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Period

20th century

Object Name

Figure

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Exhibition History

Recontextualizing 'Primitive' Art: Melanesian and African Works, An Exhibition in Process, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 72, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 29-May 25, 1997.

Provenance

Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1990; given to present collection, 1997.

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