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Model canoe

Artist Solomon Islands

Date1892-93

MediumWood, mother-of-pearl

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineBequest of Carrie Ormsbee

Object number1936.67.13

DescriptionDark brown wood. Bow and stern curve upward. Triangular pieces of mother-of-pearl inlaid along entire length. Two birds carved into top edge, with two others along bow. Natural-colored wood, blackened wood with inlays. Prow and stern originally glued on and lashed through holes. Repaired with wire.

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