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, paint
Dimensions: H. 36 1/4 × W. 2 1/2 × D. 11 in. (92.1 × 6.4 × 27.9 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:    Papua Province (Irian Jaya) Indonesia  
River: Cenderawasih Bay region
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession year: 1979