Canoe Prow Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: Not Given
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: HARDWOOD CANOE PROW ORNAMENT PAINTED WITH ORANGE, GREEN AND YELLOW DESIGNS ON TAN PAINT BACKBROUND. FRONT END OF PROW HAS BIRD-LIKE BEAK PAINTED WITH GREEN AND YELLOW BLOCKS. LONG NECK. YELLOW 'FLYING FISH' ON LARGER BIRD'S BACK. FOUR LARGE HOLES DRILLED IN OPPOSITE END OF PROW FOR FASTENING TO CANOE. MOUNTED ON BLACK METAL STAND, PROBABLY BY COLLECTOR.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Vanuatu, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E427380-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canoe Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 51.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11.5 cm