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29-89-31

From: Solomon Islands | Buka Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-89-31
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Solomon Islands | Buka Island
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel
Description

Construction as 29-89-24. Shaft-markings: For 2d internode, cf. 2d and 3d of 29-89-24; in 3d internode, elongated triangle stands on simple lined band with only one open area; 4th and 5th internodes have bands each containing two tiers of 3 lined rectangles each, with 3 transverse strokes between the tiers; in the 4th internode there is also a longitudinal stroke between two of the upper rectangles, and in the 5th internode there is such a stroke between every two rectangles in the upper tier. In the 6th internode two figures formed by the coalescence of 4 triangles like those of the uppermost decorated internode of 29-89-25 stand on a similar base with the upper band filled in almost solid.

Length 140.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917

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