Figure (adu siraha salawa type)
- Culture
- Nias artist
- Date
- 19th–20th century
- Material
- Wood, wax, dye, and glue
- made in
- Sumatera Utara province, Indonesia, Oceania
- Classification
- Sculpture, wood
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 29 15/16 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (76 x 19 x 19 cm)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 1549:1983
Provenance
by 1979 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] Morton D. May lent this object to the Saint Louis Art Museum in 1979 [loan number 1979.998].
[2] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] Morton D. May lent this object to the Saint Louis Art Museum in 1979 [loan number 1979.998].
[2] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.
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