Lime Stick

84-2-84B

From: New Guinea | Lower Sepik River | Keram River | Kambot

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 84-2-84B
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Lower Sepik River | Keram River | Kambot
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Segment of bamboo, with incised decoration including three human figures, band of circles around top, band of arcs around bottom. Incised carving blackened. Several cracks. Wood stick, notched for most of length, with, at top, a small human figure surmounted by a bird. Stick passes through center of a small round disc, which serves as lid for container.

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984

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