Spirit Board, Purari Delta, Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea

The Collection of Adele and Enrico Donati

Spirit Board, Purari Delta, Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea

Wood, natural pigments

Length: 35 ¼ in (89.5 cm)

The reverse with the fragmentary remains of an old, blue-bordered, paper label bearing a largely effaced and illegible inscription in black ink: “New [G]uinea. S[...] [/] [?]wed [/] [?]na[?] Ja[...]”