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Sepik

Painting for Ceremonial House

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Region, 1900-1932

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Sepik

Painting for Ceremonial House

Papua New Guinea, Sepik River Region, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, pigments, 26 x 16 3/4 in. (66.1 x 42.5 cm.)
Credit Line Friends of Art Fund
Object Number 1968.35
In the form of a face White, red and black pigments
The Baltimore Museum of Art Friends of Art Fund, Purchase 1968; Mr H. Bruce Greene, MD. Academy of Sciences

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Sepik

2000–2000

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