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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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