Purari Delta; Spirit board, kwoi; TC 70
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Spirit board, kwoi
Purari Delta
20th century
Wood, pigment
H. 84 cm
TC 70

Provenance:
Lewis/Wara Gallery, Seattle, 2003
Scott and Tanya Rodolitz, New York
Julius Carlebach, New York
Ingeborg de Beausacq, New York
Collected by George Craig

Ancestral boards with double pairs of eyes were photographed in a men's house by A.C and Kathleen Haddon in 1914.

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.