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Canoe Prow Ornament

1800-1899

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Canoe Prow Ornament

1800-1899

Physical Qualities Wood, pigments, H. 33 1/4 in. (84.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1955.251.93
Gope Red and white pigments
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg 31. cat no. 93.
Newton, Douglas. "Art Styles of the Papuan Gulf". The Museum of Primitive Art. Vol. 64. pg. 41.

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