Mid Century Papua New Guinea Bark Painting

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A tribal-art bark painting from Papua New Guinea, dating to the mid 20th century and framed for the wall. Bark … Read more A tribal-art bark painting from Papua New Guinea, dating to the mid 20th century and framed for the wall. Bark paintings of this kind are made on flattened sheets of bark, worked in earth pigments with a hand that is direct and unhurried. The style reads most closely to the Sepik region tradition, where painted bark has long been tied to ceremonial houses.

Framed in wood, the piece stands tall and narrow at nearly five feet, which makes it a natural fit for a stairwell, a hallway or a tall wall beside a window. The surface has the matte, mineral look of natural pigment on bark, and the texture of the support shows through the paint.

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