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Object Number
2006.32.40
Display Title
House board
Descriptions
Object Description
House Board with relief decoration painted in black against a background of red and white; depicting in the upper register a stylised fish in vertical position, with formal and eye designs above stylised representation of water. Below are four human masks with various tribal stylised circular and zig-zag designs.
Inventory Description
House board, rectangular, curved, carved facial designs, painted
Classification
- Special
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Sepik River
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 176 x 25 x 13 cm (69 5/16 x 9 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2006.32.40
Credit Line
Gift of Harvard University Art Museums
Provenance
Collector
Benjamin Hertzberg
(4/24/1970)
Collector
Lilian Hertzberg
(4/24/1970)
Dealer
Michel Dumez-Onof
(4/24/1970)
Donor
Harvard University Art Museums
(10/11/06)
Seller
Michel Dumez-Onof
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