Ancestral boards with double pairs of eyes were photographed in a men’s house by A.C and Kathleen Haddon in 1914.
Spirit board, kwoi
TC 70
Provenance: Lewis/Wara Gallery, Seattle, 2003 Scott and Tanya Rodolitz, New York Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York Ingeborg de Beausacq, New York Collected by George Craig
Dimensions: H. 84 cm
Ethnic Group: Purari Delta
Culture: Papua New Guinea, Papuan Gulf
Publishing History: Virginia-Lee Webb. Embodied Spirits. Gope Boards from the Papuan Gulf. Milan. 5 Continents Editions 2015: 170 (Plate 56).
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.
