CultureNew Ireland people
Titles
- Bird Head
Date1915–1920
PlaceNorthern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood (alstonia, villosa), paint, opercula shells (Turbo petholatus)
Dimensions9 1/4 × 26 1/4 × 7 3/4in. (23.5 × 66.7 × 19.7cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment in honor of Mr. William J. Hill at "One Great Night in November, 1989"
Object number89.260
Non exposé
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1884–1895
Wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
90.256
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1870–1900
Wood, cowrie shells, and pigment
2011.1028
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1973
Wood, pigment, rafia, and shells
73.181
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1935–1962
Wood, shells, hair, tusks, clay, plant fiber, and paint
62.33
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1855–1870
Wood
91.236
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1860–1900
Wood and paint
65.37
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber and paint
90.407.2
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber and paint
90.407.1
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1973
Raffia, bamboo, other plant fibers, wood, paint, seeds, and feathers
73.182
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1908–1912
Giant clam shell, turtle shell, stone and shell beads, and plant
86.412
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1980
Wood and cassowary bone
98.479.A,.B