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97-120-1020

From: New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 97-120-1020
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Wood | Peel
Description

Hardwood point, with four bands of red paint bordered by bands of black lines. Between the two central red liness there are three black lines drawn from one band to the other. Between the center and the red band near the tip there is a decorative pattern drawn in black lines. This point is inserted in a reed shaft, the insertion wrapped with plant cuticle covered with white clay. At the point end of the shaft there is a band of red paint.

Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-120-1020 - Old Museum Number | unknown - ANSP Number

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