Canoe prow figure
19th century
Object PlaceSolomon Islands
Medium/TechniqueWood, shell
DimensionsLegacy: 8 3/4 in.
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.143
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1902, said to have been acquired in Papua New Guinea and taken to Europe. 1979, acquired from an unknown European dealer by Wayne Heathcote, New York; April 28, 1979, sold by Wayne Heathcote to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
19th–20th century
20th century
mid 18th–19th century
20th century
mid to late 20th century
20th century
Late 19th to early 20th century
20th century
