Canoe Bow
29-50-625
From: New Guinea | Angelmann
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-625 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Angelmann |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Shell |
| Iconography | Crocodile | Woman | Hornbill |
| 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) |
| Length | 152.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 2 - Other Number |
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