Northern New Ireland
Post in the Form of a Male Figure with a Fish and Bird
Northern New Ireland, 1900-1932
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Northern New Ireland
Post in the Form of a Male Figure with a Fish and Bird
Northern New Ireland, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, pigment, vegetal material, opercula of the turbo snail, 57 x 7 x 8 in. (144.8 x 17.8 x 20.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1955.251.17
Unidentified Artist
Post in the Form of a Male Figure
with a Fish and Bird
Early 20th century
Kavieng District, Latangai Island, New Ireland Province,
Papua New Guinea
Wood, pigment, vegetal material, opercula of a turbo snail
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger, BMA 1955.251.17
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". Baltimore Museum of Art. 1956 pg 14, ills 17.
On View at the BMA
