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Object Number
2004.10.6
Display Title
Carved crocodile canoe prow
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved crocodile canoe prow
Inventory Description
Canoe prow, carved crocodile
Classification
- Canoe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1965
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Sepik River region
Materials
Wood, Shell, Bone, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 53 x 23.6 x 11 cm (20 7/8 x 9 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2004.10.6
Credit Line
Gift of Drs Donald R. and Jocelyn Crane Griffin
Provenance
Collector
Jocelyn Crane Griffin
Collector
Donald R. Griffin
Donor
Janet G. Abbott
(4/26/04)
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Carving
Raw Material |
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| |
|
Image Not Available
for "Thu" or prow to a canoe
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