Ancestral Dance Shield Representing a Frigate Bird (Kai Diba)
1899-1954
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Ancestral Dance Shield Representing a Frigate Bird (Kai Diba)
1899-1954
Physical Qualities
Wood, pigments, 29 x 1 x 29 1/8 in. (73.7 x 2.5 x 74 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1955.251.107
Ancestral Dance Shield Representing a Frigate Bird (Kai diba)
Oceanic, New Guinea, Massim, Trobriand Islands
(19th century)
Wood, polychrome
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
BMA 1955.251.105
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art
"4000 years of Modern Art", November 27th 1956-January 13th 1957, Baltimore Museum of Art
"Massim Area Show", February 11th-March 4th 1964, The Museum of Primitive Art, NYC.
"4000 years of Modern Art", November 27th 1956-January 13th 1957, Baltimore Museum of Art
"Massim Area Show", February 11th-March 4th 1964, The Museum of Primitive Art, NYC.
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 28, 32. ills. 107.
