Abelam
Headdress Fragment
Abelam, 1800-1899
Scroll
Abelam
Headdress Fragment
Abelam, 1800-1899
Physical Qualities
Wood, plant fiber, pigment, H. 28 1/16 in. (71.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1955.251.35
Unidentified Abelam Artist
Headdress Fragment
19th century
Prince Alexander Mountains,
East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Wood, plant fiber, pigment
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger, BMA 1955.251.35
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". Baltimore Museum of Art.1956 pg 24. cat no. 35.
On View at the BMA
