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29-89-40
From: Solomon Islands | Buka Island (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 29-89-40 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Solomon Islands | Buka Island (uncertain) |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Cane (plant) | Wood |
Description | Construction as 29-89-33, but tip unwrapped. Shaft markings: Bands (undifferentiated like those of 29-89-33) on internodes 4-7. For internode 8, cf. topmost decorated internode of 29-89-38. Here the open areas of 29-89-33, etc. have given rise to two oblong figures with angular tops, and the modified band is surmounted by "antennae" with recurved tips. Internode 3, cf. internode 3 of 29-89-39; this has 3 triangles. Internodes 1 and 2 have carelessly executed spirals. |
Length | 137.2 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917 |
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