CultureKapriman people
Titles
- Post from a Ceremonial House
Date1900–1950
PlaceTunggambit Village, Papua New Guinea
MediumWood, conus shell, and paint
Dimensions102 3/4 × 28 1/2 × 17 1/2 inches (261 × 72.4 × 44.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number61.56
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
Exposé
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1915–1920
Wood (alstonia, villosa), paint, opercula shells (Turbo petholatus)
89.260
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1935–1962
Wood, shells, hair, tusks, clay, plant fiber, and paint
62.33
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
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1940
Wood
66.12.1,.2
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1933
Wood, paint
61.46
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
1908–1912
Giant clam shell, turtle shell, stone and shell beads, and plant
86.412
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Sago spathes, cane, other plant fibers, paint, and feathers
62.43
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Sago spathes, plant fibers, nails, and paint
64.21
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Plant fiber, mud, paint, and cassowary feathers
65.8