Prow ornament of a canoe
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya) - Cenderawasih-Bay
not available anymore
Size
H: 60,5 cm
B: 16 cm
H: 23.8 inch
B: 6.3 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, board-shaped flattened, top end in openwork design and with incised decor, two ancestral spirit heads in characteristic “korvar” style at the same place, slightly dam. (rim), surface strongly abraded and slightly stained, slightly dam., base