Ancestor board
20th century
Object PlacePapuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueWood, pigments
DimensionsLegacy: 40 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.109
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1930, said to have been acquired in Papua New Guinea by Paul Wirz (b. 1892 – d. 1955), Basel and Ulopo, Papua New Guinea [see note]. May 20, 1970, sold by the Galerie Alain Schoffel, Paris, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTE: Wirz was an ethnographer and scholar who built a large collection of art from Papua New Guinea.
NOTE: Wirz was an ethnographer and scholar who built a large collection of art from Papua New Guinea.
20th century
20th century
mid to late 20th century
early 20th century
19th century
20th century
20th century
19th century
late 19th century