Canoe prow

Museum number:
11-37664
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
Canoe prow, carved wood, from a river canoe; stylized head of a crocodile with upturned snout; red pigment in excised areas of design; 50.8 cm 1.
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
April River Tributary, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Canoe-boards and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Canoe prow, accession number 11-37664, described as Canoe prow, carved wood, from a river canoe; stylized head of a crocodile with upturned snout; red pigment in excised areas of design; 50.8 cm 1.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Canoe prow, accession number 11-37664, described as Canoe prow, carved wood, from a river canoe; stylized head of a crocodile with upturned snout; red pigment in excised areas of design; 50.8 cm 1.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Canoe prow, accession number 11-37664, described as Canoe prow, carved wood, from a river canoe; stylized head of a crocodile with upturned snout; red pigment in excised areas of design; 50.8 cm 1.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Canoe prow, accession number 11-37664, described as Canoe prow, carved wood, from a river canoe; stylized head of a crocodile with upturned snout; red pigment in excised areas of design; 50.8 cm 1.

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