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Object Number
2004.24.14407
Display Title
Wooden bow ornament for canoe
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden bow ornament for canoe. Dutch New Guinea. Cat. No. 36-105-70/470. This Canoe ornament came originally from Dutch New Guinea but was washed ashore at Kaup.
Keywords
- Studio
- Ethnographic
- Hunting
Subject
- Ornament
- Sculpted
- Canoe
- Bow
- Wood
Department
Photographic
Date
1936
Artist
Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
- Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
/
Western New Guinea
/
Irian Jaya
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)
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