Rectangular wooden ancestor board with carved and painted decoration

Made:
1851-1920 in Papua New Guinea
Rectangular wooden ancestor board with carved and painted

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Rectangular wooden ancestor board with carved and painted
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Rectangular wooden ancestor board with carved and painted decoration, 2 holes board near base which is bifureated, slightly damaged, from New Guinea, 1851-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A159441
Materials:
wood
type:
ancestor boards
credit:
Glendining