Canoe Prow or Figurehead

date

about 1900-1950

creation place

Oceania, Solomon Islands

medium & support

Carved wood painted black with decorative shell inlay

measurements

8 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 7 in. (22.23 x 10.8 x 17.78 cm)

credit line

Gift of David T. Owsley

accession number

2013.001.035

keywords

bow, capstan, carving, civilization, culture, exterior, mast, musu musu, nguzu nguzu, non-Christian religion, Polynesian/Melanesian religion, prow ornament, religion, rite, sculpture, ship, society, supernatural, toto Isu, traffic, transporting, waters, windlass

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