Standing Male Figure
Unidentified Abelam maker
Maprik Region
Papua New Guinea
not dated
Wood with pigment
Overall: 42 1/8 × 6 7/8 in. (107 × 17.5 cm)
Overall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27202
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Figure
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
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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