Description
Trobriand Islanders often travel great distances by canoe to exchange ceremonial objects. Elaborately carved splashboards offered spiritual protection to the voyagers. Stylized frigate birds ornament this example.
Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, Nov. 15, 1965, lot 86 (1965 ); Sale, Sotheby's, Nov. 15, 1965, lot 86
Accession Number
1966.130
Medium
wood
Dimensions
Overall: 58.7 x 81.9 cm (23 1/8 x 32 1/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman
