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Unknown (Oceanic, New Guinea, Sepik River)

Homme Oiseau (Man-Bird)

early 20th century

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  • Artist Unknown (Oceanic, New Guinea, Sepik River)
  • Title Homme Oiseau (Man-Bird)
  • Date early 20th century
  • Medium Carved polychrome wood
  • Dimensions unframed | 48 x 43 3/4 x 18 in.
  • Credit line University purchase, Kende Sale Fund, 1945
  • Object number WU 3767

Studying the Art Object: Materials and Methods
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 08/20/2010 - 01/10/2011

The Art of the Pacific Islands
National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), 07/01/1979 - 10/14/1979

Ritual Arts of the South Seas
Saint Louis Art Museum, 08/22/1975 - 10/18/1975

The Imagination of Primitive Man
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, Missouri), 01/01/1962 - 03/01/1962

Opening Exhibition of Mark C. Steinberg Memorial Hall
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 04/29/1960

Totems Not Taboo
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 01/01/1959 - 01/01/1959

Arts of the South Seas
Worcester Art Museum (Worcester, Massachusetts), 10/02/1946 - 11/17/1946
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 01/29/1946 - 05/19/1946

Oceanic Culture
Saint Louis Art Museum, 11/01/1945 - 12/01/1945

“Unpopular” Art
Walker Art Center, 11/07/1940 - 12/29/1940

Exposition Surréaliste D’Objects
Chez Charles Ratton (Paris, France), 05/22/1936 - 05/29/1936

1945
Pierre Matisse Gallery

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