Canoe prow ornament with anthropomorphic figurine carved in the round; openwork figure-8 design
Donor:
Klaus Koch and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Pirimapun village vicinity, Cassowary Coast, Asmat regency, Papua
Culture or time period:
Asmat
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Canoe-boards and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1967-1968 #31: University of California, Irvine (September 26, 1967–December 28, 1967), S1967-1968 #76: University of California, Davis (1968–unknown), and S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978)