Long way from the river Telling the story of a Sepik River canoe
A 13-metre dugout canoe suspended from the ceiling is the centrepiece of the museum’s new gallery Under Southern Skies. The huge wooden craft with a carved crocodile-head prow is from the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea. Helen Anu and Dr Stephen Gapps trace how it came to join the museum’s collection.
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