Biwat
Mask
Biwat, Early 20th century
Physical Qualities
Wood, pigment, H. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1955.251.40
Unidentified Biwat Artist
Mask Representing Water or Forest Spirit
Early 20th century
Yuat River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Wood, pigment
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger, BMA 1955.251.40
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," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1-October 14, 1979
"The Art of the Pacific Islands," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1-October 14, 1979
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art". Baltimore Museum of Art. 1956 pg 24, 27 ills 40.
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. 22.14, pg. 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
