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Ceremonial board

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An exceptional boardlike specimen with filigree carving. A human head, framed by two bird figures, is integrated into the open-work carving. Traces of white painting and red chalk are present. The design is similar to the so-called Malu boards, which were memorial shields for the recently departed, but don't have a tapering tip. According to the inventory, the piece, which was purchased through the dealer Arthur Speyer for the Municipal Collections, came from one of the men's houses.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Ceremonial board
Dimensions
Width: 125.0 mm
Height: 1290.0 mm
Material/Technique
Red chalk, Colour pigments, Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1702

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    13.10.1925
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    Sepik (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Speyer, Arthur - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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