A PRIMITIVE LOW RELIEF AND POLYCHROME TEAK CANOE PROW SPLASH BOARD, POSSIBLY MASSIM TRIBE, TROBRIAND ISLANDS, MILNE BAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, EARLY/MID 20TH CENTURY, the ancestral figure squats at center crest, flanked by scrolling organic forms WITH TRACES OF RED AND BLUE PIGMENTS. Height: 20 1/2" Width: 23" Depth: 1" Provenance: Estate of Laura Gerow Bramlette, heiress of Morton D. May and the Mays Department Store fortune.