Tribal Art and Ethnographica Catalogue


Object Type: Canoes (8 Items)

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Item Code: e2378
Description: An old Humboldt Bay canoe prow.
Weathered; Presented on a custom metal display stand.
Origin: Humboldt Bay, Irian Jaya
Dimensions: Length: 37 cm
Price: AUD $450.00 USD $315.00 EUR €238.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: t2105
Description: An old Humboldt Bay canoe prow.
Weathered; Presented on a custom metal display stand.
Origin: Humboldt Bay, Irian Jaya
Dimensions: Length: 39 cm
Price: AUD $450.00 USD $315.00 EUR €238.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: t4563
Description: An old Humboldt Bay canoe prow.
Weathered, with minor loss evident.
Origin: Humboldt Bay, Irian Jaya
Dimensions: Length: 35 cm
Price: AUD $400.00 USD $280.00 EUR €212.00
Status: Available
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Item Code: t4570
Description: An old Humboldt Bay canoe prow.
Remnant trade paint decoration.
Weathered, with minor loss evident.
Origin: Humboldt Bay, Irian Jaya
Dimensions: Length: 26 cm
Price: AUD $400.00 USD $280.00 EUR €212.00
Status: Available
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Item Code: t4667
Description: An old Humboldt Bay canoe prow.
Remnant trade paint decoration.
Weathered, with minor loss evident.
Origin: Humboldt Bay, Irian Jaya
Dimensions: Length: 51.5
Price: AUD $400.00 USD $280.00 EUR €212.00
Status: Available
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Item Code: t2561
Description: An old and large Lower Sepik canoe prow, carved in the form of a crocodile.
Origin: Lower Sepik region, New Guinea.
Dimensions: Height: 79 cm
Price: AUD $850.00 USD $595.00 EUR €450.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: t4247
Description: A West New Britain canoe prow.
The large openwork figure is decorated with blue, yellow and white trade paint.
This prow is from a sea-going trading canoe. The design acted as an emblem, making it instantly identifiable as being from a particular area.
Origin: Nukaukau Island, Kombe linguistic area, West New Britain, Melanesia
Dimensions: Length: 151 cm
Price: AUD $1,550.00 USD $1,085.00 EUR €821.50
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Item Code: t4248
Description: A Witu Islands canoe prow in the form of a highly stylized fish.
One surface with incised carvings of four symmetrically arranged stylized fish spines; the reverse carved overall with concentric rectangle designs.
Weathered patina.
Origin: Witu Islands (Bali Island), West New Britain, Melanesia
Dimensions: Length: 179 cm
Price: AUD $1,450.00 USD $1,015.00 EUR €768.50
Status: Available