While many hohao have abstract, geometric designs evocative of human features, some demonstrate fluid, curvilinear representations of the figure.

Provenance:
David Rosenthal, San Francisco, 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, 2006:14 (Fig.15)

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 and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York October 24, 2006 - December 2, 2007.