Abelam
Lintel Fragment
Abelam, 1900-1932
Scroll
Abelam
Lintel Fragment
Abelam, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, pigments, 35 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. (90.4 x 47 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Hecht Company
Object Number
1964.2.5
In the form of a female figure
Yellow, black, red and white pigments
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1964; the Hecht Company
Coupaye, Ludovic. Growing artefacts, displaying relationships: yams, art and technology amongst the Nyamikum Abelam of Papua New Guinea. Vol. 2. Berghahn Books, 2013.
Forge, Anthony. “Style and Meaning in Sepik Art,” in Primitive Art and Society, ed. Anthony Forge, 169-192. London: Oxford Univ. Press. 1973
Forge, Anthony. “Art and Environment in the Sepik,” in Art and Aesthetics in Primitive Societies , ed. C. Jopling, 290-314. NY: E. P. Dutton.1971.
Forge, Anthony. “Style and Meaning in Sepik Art,” in Primitive Art and Society, ed. Anthony Forge, 169-192. London: Oxford Univ. Press. 1973
Forge, Anthony. “Art and Environment in the Sepik,” in Art and Aesthetics in Primitive Societies , ed. C. Jopling, 290-314. NY: E. P. Dutton.1971.
