Canoe Bow

84-2-20

From: New Guinea | Ramu River (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 84-2-20
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Ramu River (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Plant Fiber
Description

Front a crocodile snout (?). Small figure of a bird on top in front, large bird head with hooked beak inside. Incised, mostly curvilinear (mostly spiral) designs along outsides of gunwales, on top of front, on small bird's wings. Ring of coarse fiber tied through large bird's beak. Insect damage in wood at back (near where cut) and on front top, especially on small bird's head.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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