Abelam ceremonial board

20th century

Object PlaceRoma Village, Maprik, Papua New Guinea

Medium/TechniqueWood, pigment

Dimensions22.75 in. h x 19 in. w x 2.5 in. d

Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel

Accession number2014.174

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Africa and Oceania

ProvenanceSaid to come from a men’s house in Roma, Papua New Guinea. May 21, 1986, sold by Wayne Heathcote (dealer), New York, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)