Ornament, wood, carved, ptd., like canoe prows

Museum number:
11-37654
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
Ornament, carved wood; flat; design similar to those on canoe prows; carved on both sides, red and white pigment in excised area; 27.9 cm 1.
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
May 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:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, wood, carved, ptd., like canoe prows, accession number 11-37654, described as Ornament, carved wood; flat; design similar to those on canoe prows; carved on both sides, red and white pigment in excised area; 27.9 cm 1.

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