Fish Float
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Fish Float
Carved and woven wood, stone, and plant fiber
37 in. x 1 1/2 in. (93.98 cm x 3.81 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
99.8.5
Acquisition Date:
08/15/1997
Geography:
Oceania, Solomon Islands, Ulawa Island, Village of Suu Moli
Classification:
Tools and Equipment; Hunting and Fishing Tools
Culture/Nationality:
Village of Suu Moli, Ulawa Island, E. Solomons, Polynesian
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- carving - The act of shaping, marking, or decorating wood, stone, or another material by cutting or incising, typically using tools such as chisels and other blades. It refers to this process as it is applied to small-scale objects or to objects that are not considered art. "Carving" may also be considered a sculpture technique that is employed in the creation of art.
- Oceanic - Cultures and styles of various regions in Oceania, comprising islands scattered throughout the Pacific Ocean (generally excluding Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines), but including Australia.
- Polynesian - Nationality, culture, and styles of the Polynesian Islands. Art forms include traditional wood-carving, barkcloth, mat-making, tattoo, and other body arts. Polynesian art was greatly developed, but little of what existed has survived to the modern day due to the perishability of the utilized material - bark cloth, basketry, and featherwork. Although architecture was developed everywhere in Polynesia, only the ruined stone structures of the eastern Polynesian islands remain proof of the Polynesians' exceptional architectural skill.
- Solomon Islands - Describes the culture and style of the inhabitants of the Solomon Islands. Eastern Solomon Islands primarily carved wooden artefacts and personal ornaments. Habitants of the Solomon Islands are known for their distictive decorative canoes. The people of the eastern Solomon Islands decorated their canoes with images of birds, fish, and other creatures, while the habitants of the western Solomon Islands utilized canoe carving, geometric pieces of seashells, and black paint as ornamentation.
- stone - General term for rock that has been cut, shaped, crushed, or otherwise formed for use in construction or other purposes. Includes the specific archaeological and anthropological sense of individual stones which may be decorated or ornamented and which may be used in ritual contexts. These are usually not carved or dressed, and so differ from sculptures made from stone.
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Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
- Carol Campbell, "Paul and Mimi Ingersoll Benefit the Art Collections." Mirabile Dictu: The Bryn Mawr College Library Newsletter 2 (April 1998): 5.
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