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
On view
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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
1890–1905
Wood
93.397
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1890–1905
Wood
93.396
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1935–1962
Wood, plant fiber, and paint
62.41
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
1700–1800
Jade
90.292
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
1915–1920
Wood, paint, rattan, and bark
89.259
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1855–1870
Wood
91.236
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Wood and paint
91.1924
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1870–1900
Wood, cowrie shells, and pigment
2011.1028