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Canoe ornament
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
19th century
Object Place: Trobriand Islands, Massim region, Paupa
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
12.5 in. h x 10.5 in. d. x 3.75 in. w
Credit Line
Gift of William E. and Bertha L. Teel
Accession Number1994.406
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Africa and Oceania
ClassificationsDecorative arts
ProvenanceJuly 30, 1897, sold by Eva Cutter (dealer, b. 1854 – d. 1945), London, to William Downing Webster (dealer, b. 1863 – d. 1913), London and Bicester, Oxfordshire, England (stock no. 1348) [see note 1]; September 13, 1897, sold by William Downing Webster to Lt.-General Augustus Henry Pitt-Rivers (b. 1827 - d. 1900), Farnham, England; January 1, 1898, transferred to the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham; 1966, Pitt-Rivers Museum closed and collection passed by descent to Stella Howson-Clive (Pitt-Rivers), Dorset [see note 2]. May 21, 1986, sold by Wayne Heathcote (dealer), New York, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 1994, partial gift of William and Bertha Teel to the MFA; 2014, acquired fully with the bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Dates: January 26, 1994 and February 26, 2014)
NOTES:
[1] William Downing Webster stock book, nos. 1-9834 (Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa), entry no. 1348 (online).The side of the figure is inscribed "NEW GUINEA / BT. WEBSTER / AUG. 1897" and "1348."
[2] Augustus Pitt-Rivers established a privately-owned museum in Dorset in 1880, where he housed acquisitions he made between 1880 and 1900. He kept several notebooks recording the collection, now held by Cambridge University. The collection passed by descent through Augustus Henry Pitt-Rivers’s son, Alexander Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, to his grandson, Captain George Pitt-Rivers (1890-1966) and his common law wife, Stella Howson-Clive (Pitt-Rivers). The museum closed in 1966 and portions of the collection were sold.
NOTES:
[1] William Downing Webster stock book, nos. 1-9834 (Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa), entry no. 1348 (online).The side of the figure is inscribed "NEW GUINEA / BT. WEBSTER / AUG. 1897" and "1348."
[2] Augustus Pitt-Rivers established a privately-owned museum in Dorset in 1880, where he housed acquisitions he made between 1880 and 1900. He kept several notebooks recording the collection, now held by Cambridge University. The collection passed by descent through Augustus Henry Pitt-Rivers’s son, Alexander Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, to his grandson, Captain George Pitt-Rivers (1890-1966) and his common law wife, Stella Howson-Clive (Pitt-Rivers). The museum closed in 1966 and portions of the collection were sold.