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Title

Spirit board

Artists

Unknown Artist

Details

Other Title

Bark carving (figure with face at bottom)

Place where the work was made

Blackwater River → East Sepik Province → Papua New Guinea

Media category

Ceremonial object

Materials used

bark, pigments

Dimensions

92.7 x 19.7 cm

Credit

Purchased 1970

Location

Not on display

Accession number

IA3.1970

Shown in 1 exhibition

Exhibition history

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