Headdress
Unidentified Abelam maker
Maprik Region
Papua New Guinea
Basketry and pigment
Overall: 13 3/8 × 9 13/16 in. (34 × 25 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.28098
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
The Art of Papua New Guinea: Selections from the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1, 1993-February 13, 1995
The Primitive Arts of the Sepik River, New Guinea, The Lang Art Galleries, Scripps College, Claremont, California, October 18-December 17, 1960, not listed.
Publication History
The Lang Art Galleries, Scripps College, The Primitive Arts of the Sepik River, New Guinea, Claremont, CA: The Lang Art Galleries, Scripps College, 1960, not listed.
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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