This board was photographed in Kinomere village by Thomas Schultze-Westrum. See the photograph here and illustrated in his book. The Australian explorer Frank Hurley visited this village twice in 1921 and 1923 and took photographs. Another object in the Tomkins Collection, TC 421 is also seen in this photograph.

Provenance:
John Friede, New York
Collected by Thomas Schultze-Westrum 30 January 1960

Publishing History:
Thomas Schultze-Westrum. Neu Guinea. Papua-Urwelt im Aufbruch. Bern: Kümmerly & Frey Geographischer Verlag, 1972: figure 50.