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Bark painting

20th–mid 20th century
Object PlacePapua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueBark, pigment
DimensionsOverall: 76.2 cm (30 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.254
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceChaim Gross (b. 1904 – d. 1991) and Renee Gross, New York; May 19, 2009, Gross Foundation sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 81, to Tambaran Gallery on behalf of William Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
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