Dance Costume Headpiece
29-50-661B
From: New Guinea | Yentshemangua
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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Object Number
29-50-661B
Current Location
Collections Storage
Provenience
New Guinea | Yentshemangua
Section
Oceanian
Materials
Wood | Peel
Description
Wood and basketry figure of a bird, from the top of dance costume headpiece 29-50-661A.
Height
72.5 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number
598 - Other Number
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
Gathercole, Peter W., Adrienne L. Kaeppler, and Douglas Newton. The Art of the Pacific Islands . National Gallery of Art, 1979. See: p. 320, 22.45
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Guiart, Jean. The Arts of the South Pacific . New York: 1963. See: p. 195, No. 157
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Davidson, Daniel S. "The Oceanic Collections of the University Museum." The University Museum Bulletin 12, no. 3-4. (1947): 1-109. See: p. 75 (Fig. 14)
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Lipchitz, Jacques. "Jacques Lipchitz ." The University Museum Bulletin XVI, no. 3. (1952). See: p. 16
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