Ancestral board

Description

Ancestral board of wood carved with two stylized human faces and painted with earth pigments: Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1951.368

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Ancestral board

Production information

Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Date

19th century

Materials

Wood, Pigment

Physical description

Wood; carved with two stylized human faces and painted with earth pigments

Associations

Previous owner: Breton, André, 1896 - 1966

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Newton, D., Art Styles of the Papuan Gulf exhibition catalogue, (The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1961) plate 197

Idiens, Dale., 'Pacific Art in the Royal Scottish Museum', Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum Studies, 1982 p. 72 image and catalogue entry No. 84

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 3 »
world cultures, facing the sea