Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Board (gable mask?), in the form of a head
- Place of origin
-
Kanganaman Village →
Middle Sepik River →
East Sepik Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Iatmul people
- Year
- collected 1965
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- painted wood, rattan straps on back
- Dimensions
-
142.0cm height
- Credit
- Purchased 1965
- Accession number
- 375.1994
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (1)
-
Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly (vol. 13, no. 4) Jul 1972, Jul 1972, 697 (illus.). "The primitive art area is temporarily situated on the first floor. Exhibits are from the Sepik River, New Guinea, along with a grave-symbol figure from New Hebrides, in the left foreground". The 'Board (gable mask?)' is seen on the wall to the right, together with other works collected by Tuckson in the 1960s and early 1970s.
