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Object Number
11-2-70/83777
Display Title
Canoe ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Wooden ornament, flat, lower portion rectangular, curved at top, carved and incised on front side with curvilinear designs, left and right portions of design are symmetrical, red, white, and black pigments on front, small anthropomorphic figure carved at center of top
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Trobriand Islands
Materials
Wood , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 49.3 × 62.4 × 5.9 cm (19 7/16 × 24 9/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83777 ; 45-98-100
Credit Line
Gift of Wiiliam McM. Woodworth, 1911
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
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