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Figure head of canoe
Object Number 07-45-70/72675
Display Title Figure head of canoe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, carved figure riding another, v shape, perforated, painted, cracked
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Djamna; North Coast New Guinea; Humbolt Bay, West of
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 54 x 15.3 x 22.4 cm (21 1/4 x 6 x 8 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72675; 5.PEABODY-HA

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