Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Ceremonial Axe

CultureCentral Highland people
Titles
  • Ceremonial Axe
Date1920–1940
Place , , Papua New Guinea
MediumWood, stone, plant fiber
Dimensions33 7/8 × 31 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (86 × 79.7 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Edward C. Stanton III and Blake Tartt at "One Great Night in November, 1987"
Object number87.269
Not on view

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ProvenanceUnknown private collection, Melbourne, Australia, c. 1940s; […]; [John Buxton, Shango Galleries, Dallas, by 1987]; purchased by MFAH, 1987.


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