This spirit board was photographed in clan shrines several times; first by the Australian explorer Frank Hurley in 1921 and in 1933 by the journalist and photographer John W. Vandercook.

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

Publishing History:
John Friede. New Guinea Art. San Francisco and Milan: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in association with 5 Continents Editions, vols.1 & 2, 2005: 492 and 163 (fig.466).