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38-24-42
From: Solomon Islands | Bougainville
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 38-24-42 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Solomon Islands | Bougainville |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel |
Description | Cane shaft, long wooden point with 8 barbs on one side, 7 on the other, asymmetrically placed, and small notched protuberance behind barbs; and entire point is painted black. Wrapping of plant cuticle at junction of shaft and foreshaft. Elaborate shaft markings on first internode and in a solid band on 2, 3, 4, 5, internode. |
Length | 171 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Fred Harbert, 1938 |
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