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Object Number 47-73-70/2858
Display Title Carved wooden canoe bailer
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bailer, rectangular scoop, curvilinear carved lizard and knobbed face handle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Derbaub; Sepik River, on coast near mouth of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 20.2 x 17 cm (20 1/16 x 7 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2858
Provenance
Collector Dr. W. L. Moss (1929)
Donor Donated by Dr. W. L. Moss (December 19, 1947)

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