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Object Number 2004.24.18198
Display Title Carved canoe prow
Descriptions
Object Description Canoe prow. Solomon Islands. New Georgia. Acc. No. 46-54. 3 x 4. Photograph F.B. Pleasants.
Subject
  • Decorated
  • Head
  • Carved
  • Painted
  • Prow
  • Canoe
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / New Georgia / <City> / Dunde
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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