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Object Number
2014.3.1
Display Title
Model war canoe
Descriptions
Object Description
Model war canoe, crescent-shaped, of wood slats with resinous material on interior where they meet; exterior painted black with red and white details; pattern on prows made from cut out pieces of mother-of-pearl; prows hung with ladder-shapes formed of plant fiber-wrapped wood, decorated with white shells, white feathers, and red cloth; carved and painted prow figure at waterline has mother-of-pearl ear spools and eyes, chin resting on thumbs of clasped hands; carved figures at crescent ends
Inventory Description
Model war canoe, shell inlay decorating fore and aft, strings of white and red feather and ratan attached to fore above carved face, string of shell and ratan attached to aft.
Classification
- Model
- Canoe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1967
Culture
- Solomon Island
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
New Georgia
Dimensions
Overall: 93.6 × 224.1 × 28.5 cm (36 7/8 × 88 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine E. Harwood and Sibyl Y. Harwood, in memory of their sister, Dr. Frances H. Harwood, who was given this canoe as a gesture of respect by Silas Eto and the tribal elders of the Christian Fellowship Church, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Provenance
Collector
Frances Hine Harwood
(1967-)
Donor
Donated by
Sibyl Y. Harwood
(5/22/2014)
Donor
Donated by
Catherine E. Harwood
(5/22/2014)
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