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Canoe prow

Massim people, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Canoe prow
 (early 20th century)

Medium
wood, pigment

Measurements
53.5 × 27.0 × 1.7 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Hilda Richards, 1973
© the artists

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
ETH19-1973

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Pigmented with traces of blue, red, white. The smooth flat slightly curved handle carries above it typical pierced, carved Trobriand decorative motifs. The form is assymetrical; a long canoe shape vertically on one side surrounded by bands of zig zag with spiral designs at each end.

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