Canoe Prowheads

 

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This openwork is the "penis" (tsji) of the canoe. On ceremonial canoes they create a sense of unity between the men paddling and their ancestors.

 Item Number 4-139-03
Item Number 4-163-03

OBJECT: Canoe Prow
ARTIST: Marinus Bauwey               VILLAGE: Otsjanep  
MATERIAL: Wood
SIZE: 27.1"                                    DATE COLLECTED: 2003

COMMENTS: Ancestor head with a hornbill at the front.

 
 

OBJECT: Canoe Prow
ARTIST: Kepala Prahu                      VILLAGE: Omandesep  MATERIAL: Wood and red ochre
SIZE: 29"                                
DATE COLLECTED: 2003

COMMENTS: Human with Cassowary in an Oak Tree. Fransiscus Safan

 

 


 Item Number 008-72
Item Number 022-62
 

OBJECT: Canoe Prow "Prahu"
ARTIST: Gletus Ameja                     VILLAGE: Nanae 
MATERIAL: Wood, traces of red ochre, lime and fibre
SIZE: 24.4"                           
DATE COLLECTED:2000
COMMENTS: Oceanbird on top "tenogas"

 
 
 

OBJECT: Canoe Prow "Prahu"
ARTIST: Adam Kaermapan           
VILLAGE: Kaerin 
MATERIAL: Wood with traces of red ochre
SIZE: 26.5"                                     DATE COLLECTED: 2000

COMMENTS:  "Kitamin" Hornbill on front.,cuscus tail with spirit hand.

 

 Item Number 23
Item Number 125z
 

OBJECT: Canoe Prow
ARTIST:                                      VILLAGE:  
MATERIAL: Wood
SIZE: 71.5cm                             DATE COLLECTED:2000
COMMENTS: Two ancestor figures with a cuscus tail and hornbill at the front.

 
 
  

OBJECT: Canoe Prow
ARTIST:                                      VILLAGE:  
MATERIAL: Wood and lime
SIZE: 29"                                    DATE COLLECTED:

COMMENTS:

 
 
 

 

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ANCESTOR FIGURES | AJOUR CARVINGS | BAGS | BIS POLES | BODY DECORATION  | CANOE PROWHEADS | CONTEMPORARY FIGURE CARVINGS | DAGGERS | DRUMS | ETHNOGRAPHIC ITEMS | HORNS | JEU (longhouse) POLES | KOROWAI SHIELDS | NECK RESTS | OMU | PANELS | SAGO POUNDERS & TOOLS  | SHIELDS | SPIRIT MASKS | WOODEN BOWLS | WOODEN HEADS | WOODEN SAGO CARRIERS
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