MUNDUGUMOR / BIWAT

Yuat River, Papua New Guinea
Wood, cassowary feathers, cone and Nassa shell beads, mother-of-pearl and carey.
H. 50 cm
XIX C.

Probably collected by Richard Thurnwald or Walter Behrman, circa 1915
Staatliche Museum, Berlin
Deaccessioned to Arthur Speyer in 1924
Arthur and Renata Speyer, Berlin

Published
W. STÖHR, Melanesien. Scharze Inseln der Sudsee, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museums für Völkerlkunde, Cologne, 1972, p. 114, fig. 227
AA. CASANOVAS, Adam, Ancient Masters from Africa, Pacific and America, Paris, 2014, Fig. 112

MUNDUGUMOR / BIWAT

Yuat River, Papua New Guinea
Wood, cassowary feathers, cone and Nassa shell beads, mother-of-pearl and carey.
H. 50 cm
XIX C.

Probably collected by Richard Thurnwald or Walter Behrman, circa 1915
Staatliche Museum, Berlin
Deaccessioned to Arthur Speyer in 1924
Arthur and Renata Speyer, Berlin

Published
W. STÖHR, Melanesien. Scharze Inseln der Sudsee, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museums für Völkerlkunde, Cologne, 1972, p. 114, fig. 227
AA. CASANOVAS, Adam, Ancient Masters from Africa, Pacific and America, Paris, 2014, Fig. 112