Prow ornament for an outrigger canoe, relief carved designs. Weathered and darkened. Parts broken and lost. 43.3 cm length, 23 cm width
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Verbatim coll. place:
New Guinea; Massim att.
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski
Collection date:
1914-1920
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986), S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987), S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987), and S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986)