Kena (Lime Spatula)
Trobriand Islands
Milne Bay Province
Papua New Guinea
not dated
Ebony wood
Overall: 13 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (33.5 × 3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27803
Geography
Place Made: Trobrian Islands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Gear: Lime Container
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.
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.
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; given to present collection, 1990.
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