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Canoe Prow Ornament (Nguzu Nguzu)

1800-1899

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Canoe Prow Ornament (Nguzu Nguzu)

1800-1899

Physical Qualities Wood, mother-of-pearl, pigment, H. 5 in. (12.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.124
Black pigment
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 34. cat no. 124. (not installed in exhibition)

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