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Highlands Warrior, 2013 Simon Gende (b. 1969); Mt. Hagen region, Papua New Guinea Acrylic on …
Highlands Warrior
Highlands Warrior, 2013 Simon Gende (b. 1969); Mt. Hagen region, Papua New Guinea Acrylic on …
Highlands Warrior, 2013 Simon Gende (b. 1969); Mt. Hagen region, Papua New Guinea Acrylic on cloth; 32 1/8 × 25 3/4 × 2 in. 2025.1.1 Gift of Nancy Knupfer

Highlands Warrior

ClassificationsPaintings
Date2013
Made AtPapua New Guinea
MediumAcrylic on cloth
DimensionsFramed: 32 1/8 × 25 3/4 × 2 in. (81.6 × 65.4 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Nancy Knupfer
Object number2025.1.1
DescriptionSimon Gende is a contemporary artist from Papua New Guinea’s Simbu province whose distinctive two-dimensional style of acrylic on cloth paintings frame important global, social, and political moments in history. This specific painting depicts a participant in a sing-sing, any of the annual gatherings of tribes that especially take place in the New Guinea Highlands.
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