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29-89-24
From: Solomon Islands | Buka Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 29-89-24 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Solomon Islands | Buka Island |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel |
Description | For construction see Frizzi, Baessler-Archiv, Sup. VI, 1914, fig. 60, lower row, 4th from right. This has only two barbs in middle group. Shaft markings: In 2d and 3d internodes (from butt) two elongated right-angled triangles with curvilinear hypotenuse; in 3d internode, 3 similar, less elongated figures with short oblique strokes rising from hypotenuse. In each case the figures stand on a ring. Tip and base of point wrapped with plant cuticle. |
Length | 140.6 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917 |
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