Canoe Bow Ornament
29-50-623
From: New Guinea | Kaulagu
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-623 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Kaulagu |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Palm Spathe | Wood | Shell | Feather | Peel | Pigment |
| Iconography | Human Face |
| Description | Human mask with protruded tongue, fastened to piece of palm spathe with three projections at top, the whole backed with heavy wickerwork. Said (original label) to be placed in large (?war) canoes as ornament and protection. |
| Height | 13 cm |
| Length | 80 cm |
| Width | 76 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 6 - Other Number |
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