Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Post from a Ceremonial House

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
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ProvenanceMuseum für Völkerkunde und Schweizerishches Museum für Volkskunde (now the Museum der Kulturen), Basel, Switzerland, before December 15, 1961; purchased by MFAH, 1961.

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