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Canoe prow

Murik Lakes, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Canoe prow
 (early 20th century)

Medium
wood, pigment

Measurements
47.0 × 22.0 × 19.2 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by C. T. Shipman, 1978

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Murik Lakes, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
O9-1978

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Prow with a carved oval shaped anthropomorphic figurehead at the top end of the carving. On the opposite end of the carving (lower) is a carved zoomorphic head with a bird tail in its mouth. Decorations of carve patterns. Traces of pigment.

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