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MUSUMUSU
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A FINE SOLOMON ISLANDS CANOE PROW
Musumusu
The arms with hands held below the chin, carved teeth in the mouth, pierced septum to nose and pierced between nose and cheeks, the large eyes with fretted pearl-shell inlay inset in thick gum, curved bands of fretted pearl shell inlay below the eyes and bordering the chin, tapered cylindrical headdress, black patina, on Inagaki base
6½in. (16.5cm.) high
Musumusu
The arms with hands held below the chin, carved teeth in the mouth, pierced septum to nose and pierced between nose and cheeks, the large eyes with fretted pearl-shell inlay inset in thick gum, curved bands of fretted pearl shell inlay below the eyes and bordering the chin, tapered cylindrical headdress, black patina, on Inagaki base
6½in. (16.5cm.) high
Provenance
Frank Crowninshield, New York
Mrs. George W. Crawford
Mrs. George W. Crawford