Akeke (Bag)
Unidentified Puari maker
Mapaio Village
Puari Delta
Papua New Guinea
2001
Fiber and dye
Overall: 40 9/16 × 7 3/16 in. (103 × 18.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Derrick R. Cartwright
2001.36.34021
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
21st century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Bag
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Changing Traditions in Pacific Art, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 38, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 7-November 10, 2002.
Collectanea: The Museum as Hunter and Gatherer, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 21, 2005-February 12, 2006.
Provenance
Collected by Robert Welsch, Papua New Guinea, summer 2001; given to an anonymous collector, 2001; given to present collection, 2001.
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