Canoe prow ornament (munkuris)

• Main Author: Unknown
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Sculpture; Oceanic: Melanesian: New Guinea: Papua New Guinea: Massim Area; Papua New Guinean; carving; carvings; canoes; boat; boats; Bennett Islands; Milne Bay
• Online Access: http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/122895

Munkuris are attached to the upper tip of the sweeping prow to give magical and spiritual protection to the canoe.