Spirit Board
1900–1930
- Medium
- painted wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 123.2 cm (48 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Papuan Gulf, Elema District, 20th century
About
Like other sacred obejcts, spirit boards were displayed in Elema men's houses. Each board was named after the bush spirit who inhabited it.