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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