The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Canoe Prow

Date:: mid-20th century
Geography:: Indonesia, Papua Province (Irian Jaya), Komor village, Unir (Undir) River
Culture:: Asmat people
Medium:: Wood, paint, sago palm leaves
Dimensions:: H. 47 1/2 x W. 13 x D. 5 in. (120.7 x 33 x 12.7 cm)
Classification:: Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection; Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller and Mrs. Mary C. Rockefeller, 1965
Accession Number:: 1978.412.1131

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Michael C. Rockefeller Expedition, collected 1961; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1961–1965; The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1965–1978
See also
What
Sculpture (24,350)

Palm leaf (559)

Canoes (69)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Indonesia (2,910)

Irian Jaya (694)
When
A.D. 1900-present (77,516)
In the Museum
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (11,467)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Southeast Asia, 1900 A.D.–present