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Head of an Ancestor

1900-1932

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Head of an Ancestor

1900-1932

Physical Qualities Stone, pigments, 7 1/2 x 2 15/16 x 4 1/16 in. (19 x 7.5 x 10.3 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.154
Blue and red 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. 36. cat no. 154.

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