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Canoe Bow
| Object Number: | 29-50-625 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Provenience: | New Guinea Angelmann |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Wood Shell |
| Iconography: | Crocodile Woman Hornbill |
| Length: | 152.4cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 2 - Other Number |
Description
Carved in the form of a crocodile with the end of its tail resting against the back of a female figure which faced the stern of the canoe. On top of the crocodile's head are carved a human mask and a human head (high relief), and between them a hornbill (in the round)
Bibliography:
| [Book] Linton, Ralph & Wingert, Paul S. 1946. Arts of the South Seas. : Page/Fig./Plate: p.112 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Article] Davidson, Daniel S. The Oceanic Collections of the University Museum. The University Museum Bulletin. 12 (3-4) : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 50, Fig. 8 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Wardwell, Allen. 1971. The Art of the Sepik River. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 70 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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