Unknown artist
Malu Board
Artwork Detail
A malu is a ceremonial board. Such openwork carving is characteristic of the Sawos people of the eastern Sepik river province in Papua New Guinea. Birds, insects and mammals are often included as totemic species.
Malu have long been associated with the Iatmul people, who commonly obtain them through trade with the Sawos. (Te Moananui a Kiwa, 2005)
- Title
- Malu Board
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- Unknown
- Medium
- wood, pigment
- Dimensions
- 1820 x 430 mm
- Credit line
- Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1988
- Accession no
- C1994/1/260
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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