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Wood sculpture of a canoe figurehead with shell inlay designs that replicate facial paint or tattoo markings. Text on the image reads "Arts of Oceania."
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Arts of Oceania

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Detail of a carved human figure finial with hands clasped at its chest, with designs traced in white against the black surface.
Mutuaga Oitau – The Carved Man
January 28