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Spirit board, kwoi
Purari Delta
late 19th century
Wood, pigment
H. 111 cm, W. 32 cm
TC 104

Spirits are represented in several ways, typically the human form. Here the figure's torso and limbs and facial structure are reduced to linear elements.

Provenance:
Alan Steele, New York, 2004

Publishing History:
Robert Welsch, Virginia-Lee Webb, Sebastian Haraha. Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf. New Hampshire, Hood Museum of Art, 2006:17 (Fig.23).

Exhibition History:
Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College April 1 - September 17, 2006. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. October 24, 2006 - December 2, 2007.