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Canoe Ornament

1867-1899

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Canoe Ornament

1867-1899

Physical Qualities Wood, pigments, H. 14 in. (35.6 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.127
Canoe Ornament Oceanic, Solomon Islands, Bougainville (late 19th century) Wood Gift of Alan Wurtzburger BMA 1955.251.127
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger; D'Chauvet Paris 1895?
Baltimore Museum of Art News. December 1955. pg. 5.
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg. 13, 35. ills 127.
"Object of the Week". Sunday Sun. Brown Section.
Gray, Clara Marin. "Collecting Indigenous Art Creates Debate". The Johns Hopkins University Gazette. April 11th 1989. pg. 1, 9.

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