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Dance shield (kai diba)
Trobriand islands, Massim, Papua New Guinea
20th century
Medium/Technique
Wood, pigments
Dimensions
Overall: 24.1 x 75.6 cm (9 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)
Lender accessory (Mount): 24.1 x 17.8 x 7.6 cm (9 1/2 x 7 x 3 in.)
Lender accessory (Mount): 24.1 x 17.8 x 7.6 cm (9 1/2 x 7 x 3 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William E. Teel
Accession Number2014.323
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania
ClassificationsPersonal accessories
ProvenanceBy about 1930s, Joseph Standley (d. 1940), Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Seattle. From about the 1930s until the 1980s, in a collection in Los Angeles [see note]. July 31, 1990, sold by Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of the Teels’ purchase (1990), the object was taken to Los Angeles in the 1930s and remained in storage there “until recently.”
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of the Teels’ purchase (1990), the object was taken to Los Angeles in the 1930s and remained in storage there “until recently.”