canoe(?)
- Museum number
- Oc1934,0316.11
- Description
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Canoe prow (?), made of wood, carved in the form of a human head with a pointed top. It has red seed (abrus?) eyes inset with gum. The mouth is depicted open. There are carved chevrons on the sides of the face, with traces of red and white pigment. The ears are pierced and have vegetable fibre ear tassels.
- Dimensions
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Height: 82 centimetres
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Width: 13.30 centimetres
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Depth: 18 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1934
- Acquisition notes
- Register information: 'Collected by Lord Moyne in 1929 from two villages about 60 to 70 miles up the Kampong and Eilanden rivers respectively'
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1934,0316.11