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Unknown

(Papua New Guinea)

Title
Spathe painting
Other titles:
Bark painting
Place of origin
Maprik DistrictEast Sepik ProvincePapua New Guinea
Cultural origin
Ambulas (Abelam) people
Media category
Painting
Materials used
sago spathe (pangal), mineral pigments: yellow, white and black on red ground
Dimensions

108.0 x 38.1cm

Credit
Gift of Roy Harpur 1963
Accession number
IA5.1963
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (2)

Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Domain, 1973, 46. cat.no. 100

1963 Acquisitions 1963, 1963, 75. cat.no. 169

Exhibition history (1)

Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Oct 1974 -.