Artist
Yangoru-Boiken(Papua New Guinea)Papua New Guinea
CultureYangoru Boiken
Titles
- Ritual Money (Talipun)
Date1930–1970
PlacePapua New Guinea
MediumTurbo marmoratus shell, plant fiber, clay, paint, and cassowary feathers
Dimensions18 1/2 × 6 × 6 in. (47 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by John H. Adger, Ross Ain, Robert H. Allen, M. Robert Dussler, Walter E. Johnson, Donald R. Kendall, Jr., James M. Kendrigan, Richard Lydecker, R. Cary McNair and Robert C. McNair at "One Great Night in November, 1997"
Object number97.468
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
Exposé
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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
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258
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
1900–1950
Plant fiber, mud, paint, and cassowary feathers
65.8
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
1880–1890
Giant clam shell, turtle shell, stone, animal teeth, glass, and plant fiber
88.1
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
1900–1950
Sago spathes, cane, other plant fibers, paint, and feathers
62.43
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1980
Wood and cassowary bone
98.479.A,.B
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1940
Tridacna shell, black pigment, and plant fiber
96.945
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1915–1920
Wood (alstonia, villosa), paint, opercula shells (Turbo petholatus)
89.260
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber and paint
90.407.2