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
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Murik Lakes, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
O9-1978
Department
Pacific Art
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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.