Prow ornament
- Museum number:
- 11-41225
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110041225
- Accession number:
- Acc.2751
- Description:
- Carved wooden canoe prow ornament.
- Donor:
- Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
- Collection place:
- Marshall Bennett Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
- Culture or time period:
- New Guinea, Papua Island
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- May 26, 1971
- Department:
- Oceania
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