Ritual Figure
- Culture
- Malakulan artist
- Date
- mid- 20th century
- associated with
- Malampa province, Vanuatu, Oceania
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 19 5/16 x 9 7/16 x 31 1/2 in. (49 x 24 x 80 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 211:1975
Provenance
- 1967
D'Arcy Galleries, New York, NY, USA
1967 - 1975
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from D'Arcy Galleries [1]
1975-
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated May 5, 1967 from D'Arcy Galleries to Morton D. May documents this purchase; listed as "Rambaramb" funerary figure with forearms in upward position, painted and decorated tree fern, feathers, shell base. / *from South Malekula / Melanesia, New Hebrides / 24 ½" high (not including feather headdress) / - has stand" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] A letter dated August 18, 1975 from Morton D. May to Mary-Edgar Patton, acting director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 6, 1975.
D'Arcy Galleries, New York, NY, USA
1967 - 1975
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from D'Arcy Galleries [1]
1975-
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice dated May 5, 1967 from D'Arcy Galleries to Morton D. May documents this purchase; listed as "Rambaramb" funerary figure with forearms in upward position, painted and decorated tree fern, feathers, shell base. / *from South Malekula / Melanesia, New Hebrides / 24 ½" high (not including feather headdress) / - has stand" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[2] A letter dated August 18, 1975 from Morton D. May to Mary-Edgar Patton, acting director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 6, 1975.
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