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Headdress
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Headdress

Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
early to mid-20th century
Object PlacePapuan Gulf, New Guinea, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueCane, bark cloth, and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 95 x 43 cm (37 3/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number2008.1649
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceAbout 1960, Wayne Heathcote, London; 1980s, sold by Wayne Heathcote to John Friede, New York, and sold by Friede back to Wayne Heathcote. May 15, 2008, anonymous ("property of various owners") sale, Bonhams, New York (auction no. 16124), lot 514 to an anonymous donor; 2008, anonymous year-end gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 2009)
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