Solomon Islands
Plaque (Barava)
Solomon Islands, 1800-1899
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Solomon Islands
Plaque (Barava)
Solomon Islands, 1800-1899
Physical Qualities
Tridacna shell, W. 7 in. (17.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1955.251.142
Birds and anthropomorphic face
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 36. cat no. 142.
Waite, Deborah. "From Personal Ornaments to Canoe Carvings and Shields: Re-presentations and Translations of Personal Ornaments as Social Markers, Western and Central Provinces, Solomon Islands." Pacific Arts (2013): 27-39.
Howarth, Crispin, and Deborah Waite. Varilaku: Pacific Arts from the Solomon Islands. National Gallery of Australia, 2011.
Howarth, Crispin, and Deborah Waite. Varilaku: Pacific Arts from the Solomon Islands. National Gallery of Australia, 2011.
