Collection Online
Medium
earth pigments and natural pigments on wood
Measurements
28.6 × 3.8 × 58.2 cm
Place/s of Execution
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
1311B-D5
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1964
© the artists
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Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Canoe prow with carved zoomorphic figures, possibly birds, incised and groved curved lines all heightened with pigment and lime.