Nguzu nguzu
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Traditional canoe figurehead from the Solomon Islands
Honolulu Academy of Arts
The nguzu nguzu (sometimes called a musu musu or toto isu) is the traditional
prow at the waterline, and was held to provide supernatural protection during expeditions. Nguzu nguzus typically depict bust-length figures with large heads, small arms, and circular ear ornaments; the hands are raised to the figure's chin, sometimes clasping either another head or a bird. Their jutting jaws were traditionally held to be an attribute of spirits.[1]
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