Canoe Prow Ornament
Object type: Canoe prow ornament
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Cenderawasih Bay
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Medium: Wood, cassowary feathers, paint
Dimensions: W. 5 × D. 10 1/2 × L. 41 1/2 in. (12.7 × 26.7 × 105.4 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:    Papua Province (Irian Jaya) Indonesia  
River: Cenderawasih Bay region
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Strawbridge Jr. Gift, 1967
Accession year: 1978