A Papuan Gulf spirit board Papua New Guinea of narrow elliptical form with a knopped top, the front carved a central stylised mask above a circle and sun motif and between spiked chevrons, with earth and white pigment and charred finish, the back inscribed in white 6004 and in yellow NEW GUINEA. WBST.JAN.1899, 111cm long. Provenance William D. Webster, number 6004 Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, acquired from the above 1899. Sotheby's, London, Tribal Art, 27th June 1983, lot 94.
A Papuan Gulf spirit board Papua New Guinea of narrow elliptical form with a knopped top, the front carved a central stylised mask above a circle and sun motif and between spiked chevrons, with earth and white pigment and charred finish, the back inscribed in white 6004 and in yellow NEW GUINEA. WBST.JAN.1899, 111cm long. Provenance William D. Webster, number 6004 Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, acquired from the above 1899. Sotheby's, London, Tribal Art, 27th June 1983, lot 94.
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