Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Lime Spatula with Human Head

Lime Spatula with Human Head

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Lime Spatula with Human Head
Artist
CultureMassim people
Titles
  • Lime Spatula with Human Head
Date1890–1905
PlaceMassim Area, Southeastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood
Dimensions12 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/16 in. (30.5 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joseph D. and Kathy Cullen McCord in honor of Harry H. Cullen at "One Great Night in November, 1993"
Object number93.395
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Pacific Islands and Australia
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate Collection, New Zealand, by 1993; [Kirby Kallas-Lewis, Lewis/Wara Gallery, Seattle, 1993]; purchased by MFAH, 1993.

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