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Malagan Carving

New Ireland

Malagan Carving

New Ireland, Late 19th-early 20th century

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New Ireland

Malagan Carving

New Ireland, Late 19th-early 20th century

Physical Qualities Wood, fiber, vegetable paste, plant fibers, turbo snail opercula, paint, 17 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 15/16 in. (44 x 8 x 10 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.19
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 22, cat no 19

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