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Canoe Prow

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Canoe Prow

Date:: mid-20th century
Geography:: Indonesia, Papua Province (Irian Jaya), Omadesep village, Faretsj River region
Culture:: Asmat people
Medium:: wood, sago palm leaves, paint
Dimensions:: H. 10 1/4 x W. 27 1/4 in. (26 x 69.2 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:: 1978.412.1136

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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 (24,355)

Palm leaf (559)

Canoes (69)
Where
Asia (68,271)

Indonesia (2,910)

Irian Jaya (694)
When
A.D. 1900-present (79,807)
In the Museum
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (11,541)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Southeast Asia, 1900 A.D.–present

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