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Massim

Canoe Splashboard (Lagim)

1899-1954

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Canoe Splashboard (Lagim)

Massim

Canoe Splashboard (Lagim)

Massim

Canoe Splashboard (Lagim)

1899-1954

Physical Qualities Wood, pigment, 19 1/2 x 26 x 1 3/4 in. (49.6 x 66 x 4.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.106
Unidentified Massim Artist Canoe Splashboard (Lagim) First half of 20th century Milne Bay, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea Wood, pigment Gift of Alan Wurtzburger, BMA 1955.251.106
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
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Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 32. cat no. 106.
Kinsman, Robert D. "The Sculpture of Primitive People". Mary Washington College . 1966. pg 20. cat no. 96

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