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74-30-18

From: New Hebrides | Malekula

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Native Name Tambaras
Object Number 74-30-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Small Nambas
Provenience New Hebrides | Malekula
Section Oceanian
Materials Grass | Earth | Pigment
Iconography Bat
Description

Clay on vegetable fiber, painted. See 74-30-11 and 74-30-14. Used as decoration in the dance area. Several tambaras are used in connection with decoration of the slit gong.

Credit Line New Hebrides Expedition; John D. Hedrick, 1974
Other Number MK-118 - Other Number

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