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Solomon Islands

Plaque (Barava)

Solomon Islands, 1800-1899

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Solomon Islands

Plaque (Barava)

Solomon Islands, 1800-1899

Physical Qualities Tridacna shell, W. 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.142
Birds and anthropomorphic face
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 36. cat no. 142.

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