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29-58-100
From: Solomon Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 29-58-100 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Solomon Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Cane (plant) | Pigment |
Description | Cane shaft, palmwood point. For the bulge in the latter and the simple carved rings and notches, cf. the details of the carving of the arrow points in fig. 60 (lower row) of Frizzi, Beitrag sur Ethnologie von Bougainville und Buka, Beiheft VI (1914), Baessler-Archiv. For the binding in front of the shallow nock and that at the insertion of the point, cf. 29-58-98 and 99. See also Frizzi, p. 39. |
Length | 144.5 cm |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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