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Canoe Prow Ornament

Duke of York Islands, 1900-1932

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Duke of York Islands

Canoe Prow Ornament

Duke of York Islands, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, turbo snail opercula, pigment, 29 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 8 11/16 in. (74 x 6 x 22 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.27
In the form of a male figure
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art". Baltimore Museum of Art. 1956 pg 23, cat no. 27.
Brunt, Peter, Sean Mallon, Lissant Bolton, Deidre Sharon Brown, Damian Skinner, and Susanne Küchler. Art in Oceania: a new history. Edited by Nicholas Thomas. Yale University Press, 2012.

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