Ritual money
20th century
Object PlaceMaprik Region, Papua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueShell, fiber, clay, feathers, pigment
DimensionsLegacy: 21 in.
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.191
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceNovember, 1987, sold by Maurice Bonnefoy (dealer), New York and Garennes-sur-Eure, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
mid to late 20th century
20th century
late 19th century
19th century
late 19th century
20th–mid 20th century
19th–20th century