The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Funerary Carving (Malagan)

Funerary Carving (Malagan)

Date:: late 19th–early 20th century
Geography:: Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, New Ireland
Culture:: New Ireland
Medium:: Wood, paint, shell, fiber
Dimensions:: H. 43 x W. 9 x D. 10 in. (109.2 x 22.9 x 25.4 cm)
Classification:: Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1972
Accession Number:: 1978.412.718

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

[Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York, until 1951]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1951, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1957–1972; The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1972–1978
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