Cleveland Museum of Art

Spirit Board

Date

before 1930

Medium

painted wood

Culture

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Papuan Gulf, Elema District, 20th century

Department

Oceania

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Like other sacred obejcts, spirit boards were displayed in Elema men's houses. Each board was named after the bush spirit who inhabited it.

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