Canoe Bow Ornament
58-17-16
From: Southwest Coast, New Guinea | New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 58-17-16 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Asmat |
| Provenience | Southwest Coast, New Guinea | New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Light wood. Full relief, two seated figures facing each other connected by a bar at the bottom and joined at the hands and one foot. Largest figure is female. Limbs, feet and hands are flexed, and limbs are elongated. A few incised semicircle designs on outsides of limbs, bodies and cheeks. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
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