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Object Number 17-24-70/D863
Display Title Ornament for canoe prow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden ornament, carved and painted with black pigment, bird figure set a atop curvilinear designs, bottom 't' shape bares carved face on one side
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Djamna
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 355 × 193 × 70 mm (14 × 7 5/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-863; L52-2-176

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