Canoe Prow
Object type: Canoe prow
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Iatmul people
Date: 19th–early 20th century
Medium: Wood, cowrie shells
Dimensions: H. 7 1/2 in. × W. 15 in. × L. 71 1/2 in. (19.1 × 38.1 × 181.6 cm)
Other: 13 1/2 in. × 6 in. (34.3 × 15.2 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:  Mindimbit village   Papua New Guinea  
River: Middle Sepik River
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1955
Accession year: 1978
Tags: Crocodiles