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Purari

Ancestral Plaque (Koi)

Purari, 1900-1932

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Purari

Ancestral Plaque (Koi)

Purari, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, pigments, vegetable fiber, H. 30 in. (76.2 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.94
Kwoi White and black pigments
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
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 31. cat no. 94

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