Title
Bark carving
mid 20th century
Artists
Unknown Artist
No image
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Details
- Other Title
- Bark carving (three faces, smallest in middle, horizontal divisions)
- Place where the work was made
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Blackwater River
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East Sepik Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Alamblak or Kapriman people
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Media category
- Ceremonial object
- Materials used
- carved tree bark, red ochre pigment, charcoal and clay
- Dimensions
- 178.8 cm height (irreg.); 18.0 cm width (irreg.); 1.2-1.5 cm bark thickness
- Credit
- Purchased 1970
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- IA8.1970
- Share
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1974 -