Roviana and Solomon Islands
Canoe Prow Ornament (Nguzu Nguzu)
Solomon Islands, 1907
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Wood, mother-of-pearl shell, glass, pigment, 13 1/8 x 6 11/16 x 9 1/16 in. (33.4 x 17 x 23 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1955.251.122
Black pigment
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Alan Wurtzburger; Museum of Victoria 1908; Reverend J. F. Goldie
"The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art", January 7th-March 4th 1956, Baltimore Museum of Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art. "A Picture Book." The Baltimore Museum of Art Record. 1955. p. 92.
Douglas F. Fraser & Paul S. Wingret, "The Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art" , BMA 1956 pg. 6, 34. ills. 122.
"A New Gallery For Primitive Art". The Baltimore Museum of Art News. February 1958. pg.4.
Gray, Clara Marin. "Collecting Indigenous Art Creates Debate". The Johns Hopkins University Gazette. April 11th 1989. pg. 1
Fernstrom, Katherine W. "The Alan Wurtzburger Oceanic Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art". Pacific Arts. July 1997. pg. 90-92.
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