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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Oceanic; Melanesian
Title:Boat carving
Date Made:20th century
Materials:Wood and pigment
Place Made:Oceania; Melanesia; Malay Archipelago; New Guinea
Measurements:overall: 29 in x 7 1/2 in; 73.7 cm x 19 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1969.25.V.L
Credit Line:Gift of Professor Marian Hayes (Class of 1925)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Rare reliquary carved boat with reclining full figure of a male with a painted head. Other painted heads at bow and stern.

Tags:
indigenous people

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