Bird Figure made by Inyai-Ewa artist · WRSTL PLACE

Title: Bird Figure made by Inyai-Ewa artist
Description: This object was created possibly in the eighteenth to nineteenth century from wood and plant fibers. This sculpture was part of a group of related sculptures found in the 1960s, on the upper Korewori River. There is no documentation explaining the indigenous significance or ritual context of the sculpture.
Semester: Spring 2026
Subject: Indigenous Art; Morton D. May; Melanesian; Inyai-Ewa Artist; Papua New Guinea
Temporal Coverage: possibly 18th–19th century
Spatial Coverage: East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Language: Object description in English
Medium: Sculpture made out of wood, plant fibers, clay, pigment
Source: Saint Louis Art Museum; https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/7639/
Is Part Of: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; Morton D. May
Identifier: 101:1975
Provenance: 1968
D'Arcy Galleries, New York, NY, USA; 1968 - 1975
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from D'Arcy Galleries; 1975
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May
Explanation of Omeka Map Location: The geographic location of this item is the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea