Canoe Bow Ornament
67-5-45
From: Solomon Islands | Santa Ana, Solomon Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 67-5-45 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Solomon Islands | Santa Ana, Solomon Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Subtype: paru (because decorated with meta and reoreo). Shell pieces now missing, also nago matanga because it is split longitudinally. Atara tari (running deity) on forward edge. Came from canoe which was a memorial (murina agafua) for warrior whose bones were in the ossuary from which this carving was taken. |
| Length | 68 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Thickness | 3.5 cm |
| Credit Line | William Kohler Expedition; William H. Davenport, 1967 |
| Other Number | C15 - Other Number |
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