Prow ornament

Museum number:
11-39746
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110039746
Accession number:
Acc.2006
Description:
Prow ornament for an outrigger canoe, the distal piece tabuyo with relief carved designs. Weathered and darkened. Lower margin broken away where nailed, also native mend of crack in middle. 38.5 cm length, 19.5 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
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Prow ornament, accession number 11-39746, described as Prow ornament for an outrigger canoe, the distal piece tabuyo with relief carved designs. Weathered and darkened. Lower margin broken away where nailed, also native mend of crack in middle. 38.5 cm length, 19.5 cm width

Tools