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Unidentified Abelam maker
Prince Alexander Mountains
Maprik Region
Papua New Guinea

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early-mid-20th century

Wood, rattan, red pigment

Overall: 20 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (52 × 35 cm)

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

990.54.27873

Geography

Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Exhibition History

Art and Culture in New Guinea Societies: The Abelam and their Neighbors, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 28-April 30, 2000.

Arts of Oceania, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, October 10-November 29, 1970, Melanesia: New Guinea, no. 27.

Publication History

Arts of Oceania, Dallas: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1970, Melanesia: New Guinea, no. 27.

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, 1991.

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