Female Figure, (nokwi)
20th century
Object PlacePapua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueWood, pigments
DimensionsOverall: 99.1 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm (39 x 9 x 9 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.330
On View
On viewClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
Provenance1962/1963, said to have been acquired in Papua New Guinea by Roger Craig [see note 1]. By 1987, private collection [see note 2]. 1992, acquired in London by Kevin Conru (dealer), London; March, 1994, sold by Kevin Conru to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTES: [1] According to information in Mr. Teel's notes, without explanation of who Roger Craig was. [2] Exhibited in “Art of the Sepik River and the Papuan Gulf: An Exhibition of New Guinea Art,” (Trisolini Gallery of Ohio University and Parkersburg Art Center, West Virginia, 1987), cat. no. 20.
NOTES: [1] According to information in Mr. Teel's notes, without explanation of who Roger Craig was. [2] Exhibited in “Art of the Sepik River and the Papuan Gulf: An Exhibition of New Guinea Art,” (Trisolini Gallery of Ohio University and Parkersburg Art Center, West Virginia, 1987), cat. no. 20.
20th century
20th century
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
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