Context (CMS Context)
Collected and donated by Professor Dame Marilyn Stathern, William Wyseman Professor of Anthropology, 1993- 2008, Cambridge University, who conducted fieldwork in the PNG Highlands and in Port Moresby from the 1960s onward. Displayed in the donor’s rooms at Girton College.

Event Date 21/4/2009
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
‘Masalai’. Print by William Onglo, edition 52/60. Signed and dated December 1975. Print on paper of a black and white female figure with features (mouth and genitalia) in red [possibly pen) and wearing a cross around her neck.
Event Date 21/4/2009
Author: maa

Context (Production / use)
William Ongolo was born in Kundiawa, Chimbu district, Highlands, Papua New Guinea.
Event Date 31/7/2024
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
This is likely to be the same image as the untitled drawing (woman with a cross) print in the National Gallery of Australia (ref: 2005.222.340) which forms part of the collection of Ulli Beier (1922-2011) and his wife Georgina Beier (born 1938). They lived and taught in Papua New Guinea 1967-1971, where they encouraged and facilitated the production of artworks such as this. That was purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Ulli and Georgina Beier, Sydney, April 2005
Event Date 31/7/2024
Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Inscription)
Edition no, signature and date in pencil 'ONGLO/ 52/60 / Dec 75 / "MASALAI"'
Event Date 31/7/2024
Author: Rachel Hand