Float

Sepik River
Papua New Guinea

Share

not dated

Wood

Overall: 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

990.54.27981

Geography

Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1990; given to present collection, 1997.

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