Doorboard
Unidentified Mountain Ok or Min maker
Telefomin Central Highlands
Sepik Headwater Region
Upper Sepik River
Papua New Guinea
late 19th-early 20th century, before 1930
Wood and pigment and ochre
Overall: 116 in. (294.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27408
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furnishings: Household Accessory
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Religious Symbols in the Art of New Guinea, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 47 & 53, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 17-May 16, 1999.
Provenance
Barry Craig, New York, 1960's-1970's; Harry A. Franklin, Los Angeles, California 1965; Harry A. Franklin Family, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
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