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Model canoe
Artist:
Solomon Islands
Date: 1892-93
Medium: Wood, mother-of-pearl
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Bequest of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number: 1936.67.13
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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In Collection(s)
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