Collection Online
Medium
wood, pigment
Measurements
47.0 × 22.0 × 19.2 cm
Place/s of Execution
Murik Lakes, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
O9-1978
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by C. T. Shipman, 1978
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Prow with a carved oval shaped anthropomorphic figurehead at the top end of the carving. On the opposite end of the carving (lower) is a carved zoomorphic head with a bird tail in its mouth. Decorations of carve patterns. Traces of pigment.