Purari Delta; Spirit board,  kwoi; TC 122
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Spirit board, kwoi
Purari Delta
19th century
Wood, pigment
H. 135 cm
TC 122

This board is seen in a 1914 photograph in Iai village by the Australian geologist Ernest Usher. The photograph is in the collection of the South Australian Museum, Adelaide. (Webb 2005)

Provenance:
Loed and Mia Van Bussel, Amsterdam, 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, 2006:62 (Fig.102)

Exhibition History:
Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art of the Papuan Gulf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York October 24, 2006 - December 2, 2007.