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58-17-67A

From: New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 58-17-67A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel
Description

Made of cane shafts and carved wooden tips. A has gum over juncture of tip and shaft. Tip is plain medium brown. B has two fiber rings where tips and shaft join; one is plain yellow, the other is yellow and brown; tip is barbed and serrated, dark brown. C Two natural colored fiber bands; tip has short barbs, is light brown. D is more intricate fiber band of dark brown; tip has squared point, fine serrations in middle third portion, and lower part is carved in a perforated design: shaft is quite dark.

Length 101 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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