Splashboard

Museum number:
11-39750
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2006
Object count:
1
Description:
Prow ornament for an outrigger canoe, the transverse piece, lagim that is placed behind the tabuyo; asymmetric shape, carved relief designs. Head of figure broken off-lost. 38.3 cm length, 39.5 cm width
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua Region
Verbatim coll. place:
New Guinea; Massim att.
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski
Collection date:
1914-1920
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Splashboard, accession number 11-39750, described as Prow ornament for an outrigger canoe, the transverse piece, lagim that is placed behind the tabuyo; asymmetric shape, carved relief designs. Head of figure broken off-lost. 38.3 cm length, 39.5 cm widthHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Splashboard, accession number 11-39750, described as Prow ornament for an outrigger canoe, the transverse piece, lagim that is placed behind the tabuyo; asymmetric shape, carved relief designs. Head of figure broken off-lost. 38.3 cm length, 39.5 cm widthHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Splashboard, accession number 11-39750, described as Prow ornament for an outrigger canoe, the transverse piece, lagim that is placed behind the tabuyo; asymmetric shape, carved relief designs. Head of figure broken off-lost. 38.3 cm length, 39.5 cm width

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