Ceremonial Flute Stopper (uncertain)
29-50-627
From: New Guinea | Timbunke
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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| Object Number |
29-50-627 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
New Guinea | Timbunke |
| Section |
Oceanian |
| Materials |
Wood | Pigment |
| Description |
Human. Wooden. Traces of original painting. May be a stopper for a large bamboo ceremonial flute. (See also 29-50-631.) |
| Length |
32 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number |
534 - Other Number | 0101 - Cast Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Linton, Ralph, and Paul S. Wingert. Arts of the South Seas. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946. See: p.119 |
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| Davidson, Daniel S. "The Oceanic Collections of the University Museum." The University Museum Bulletin 12, no. 3-4. (1947): 1-109. See: p. 71 |
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| Gathercole, Peter W., Adrienne L. Kaeppler, and Douglas Newton. The Art of the Pacific Islands. National Gallery of Art, 1979. See: p. 312, 22.32 |
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| Wardwell, Allen. The Art of the Sepik River. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1971. See: p. 77 |
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| Davenport, William H. "The National Gallery Presents Ethnographic Art from Oceania." Volume 7, Number 1. (1981). See: p. 78, Figure 8 |
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| d'Harnoncourt, Rene. "Rene D'Harnoncourt." The University Museum Bulletin XVI, no. 3. (1952): 36-41. See: p. 36 |
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