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Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art of the Papuan Gulf
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William G. Lawes (English, 1839–1907)
Young Men with Maiva Shields, 1881–89
Papuan Gulf, Port Moresby
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Kathleen Haddon Rishbeth (Irish, 1888–1961)
House front, Maipua Village, 1914
Papuan Gulf, Purari area, Maipua Village
Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, England
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Spirit Board (hohao)
Papuan Gulf, Elema area
Faith-dorian Wright
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Spirit Board (titi ebiha)
Papuan Gulf, Kerewa area
Tomkins Collection
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Figure (Irivake)
Papuan Gulf, Urama Island, Aird Delta, Maiaki Village, near Kinomeri
Bruce and Ramine Seaman, Honolulu
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Paul Baron de Rautenfeld (Switzerland, 1865–1957)
Irivake Figure in the Longhouse, May 19, 1925
Papuan Gulf, Urama Island, Aird Delta, Maiaki Village, near Kinomeri
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Funds from various donors, 1992 (1992.417.121)
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Figure (agiba)
Papuan Gulf, Kerewa area, Ubuo'o Village
Faith-dorian Wright
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Mask (hokore)
Papuan Gulf, Elema area, Karama Village
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Formerly in the collection of the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Mask (hokore)
Papuan Gulf, Elema area, Karama Village
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Collected by A. P. Goodwin 1885
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Francis Edgar Williams (Australian, 1893–1943)
Women Dancing with Hevehe Masks along the Beach, February 1932
Papuan Gulf, Elema area, Orokolo Village
Courtesy of Museum Board of South Australia, Adelaide
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Mask (semese)
Papuan Gulf, Western Elema area, Kiri people
The Field Museum, Chicago, Collected by A. B. Lewis 1912
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Albert Buell Lewis (American, 1867–1940)
Interior of Longhouse, Maipua Village, May 1912
Papuan Gulf, Purari area, Maipua Village
Courtesy of the Field Museum, Chicago
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Spirit Board (kwoi)
Papuan Gulf, Purari area, Maipua Village
Tomkins Collection
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Spirit Board (kwoi)
Papuan Gulf, Kerewa area, Ubuo'o Village
Susan Kennedy Zeller
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Figure (bioma or agiba)
Papuan Gulf, Era River area
Gordon Sze
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James Francis Hurley (Australian, 1885–1962)
Two Basketry Figures in front of Daima (Longhouse) at Tovei, Urama, June 26, 1921
Papuan Gulf, Urama Island, Tovei Village
Courtesy of the Australian Museum, Sydney
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James Francis Hurley (Australian, 1885–1962)
Four Keveke Dancers in front of the Longhouse (Daima) at Kinomere Village, January 1923
Papuan Gulf, Urama Island, Kinomere Village
Courtesy of the Australian Museum, Sydney
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