Biwat
Flute Stopper
Biwat, 1800
Physical Qualities
Wood, cowrie shells, plant fiber, cassowary feathers, human hair, paint, mother-of-pearl shell, 26 3/4 x 12 5/8 x 6 11/16 in. (68 x 32 x 17 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1955.251.36
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
"The Art of the Pacific Islands," July 1-October 14, 1979 National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
"The Art of the Pacific Islands," July 1-October 14, 1979 National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The Baltimore Museum of Art. "A Picture Book." The Baltimore Museum of Art Record, 1955: ill. p. 92.
'The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art,' The Baltimore Museum of Art, Jan. 7-Mar. 4, 1956; Cat. 36, illus. p. 9.
S. Kooijman, 'The Art of Lake Sentani,' The Museum of Primitive Art, N.Y., Autumn 1959; repro. p. 19.
K.R. Greenfield, 'The Museum: Its First Half Century,' 'Annual I,' BMA 1966, repro. p. 87.
Peter Gathercole, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, and Douglas Newton, 'The Art of the Pacific Islands,' National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., July 1-October 14 1979; Cat. 22.15, illus. p. 301.
Kevin Tervala, "Oceanic Art at The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tribal Arts Magazine 104 (Summer 2022): 106-113. Illustrated on pg. 111.
On View: Pacific Islands
