Canoe Prow

CultureCenderawasih Bay people
Titles
  • Canoe Prow
Date1870–1899
PlaceIndonesia
MediumWood, cassowary feathers
Dimensions25 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (63.5 × 11.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Lee Godfrey in honor of his grandson, Thomas Lee Summers, at "One Great Night in November, 2010"
Object number2010.1858
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
206M Arnold Gallery
Exposé

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ProvenanceBen Birillo, by 2010; John Friede, Rye, New York, by 2010; [Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, by 2010]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.

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