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29-89-142
From: Solomon Islands | Southeastern Bougainville
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-89-142 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nasioi |
| Provenience | Solomon Islands | Southeastern Bougainville |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel | Pigment |
| Description | For construction cf. Frizzi, Baessler-Archiv, Sup. VI (1914), Fig. 60, upper row, 5th from left. Whipped at tip and at two places behind barbs with yellow plant cuticle. Butt wrapped and nocked. 6 pairs of barbs (thorns or wooden splinters). For other particulars, see Frizzi, p. 39. Shaft markings: Internode 2: Branchlike design, 4 units. Internode 3: As internode 2 (3 units). |
| Length | 112.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917 |
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