Painted Panel
Unidentified Abelam maker
Northern Abelam Area
Maprik Region
Papua New Guinea
not dated
Bark painting, Bamboo, pigment, sago palm spathe
Overall: 65 × 46 in. (165.1 × 116.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.28112
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Building Component
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Faces/Voices: The Harry A. Franklin Family Collection of Oceanic Art at Dartmouth College, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 18-March 15, 1992.
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.
Sepik Compositions: Line and Form in the Art of Papua New Guinea, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 22, 1997-August 30, 1998.
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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