Canoe Bow Ornament

58-17-16

From: Southwest Coast, New Guinea | New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 58-17-16
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Asmat
Provenience Southwest Coast, New Guinea | New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Light wood. Full relief, two seated figures facing each other connected by a bar at the bottom and joined at the hands and one foot. Largest figure is female. Limbs, feet and hands are flexed, and limbs are elongated. A few incised semicircle designs on outsides of limbs, bodies and cheeks.

Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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