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50-21-165

From: Solomon Islands | Bougainville

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 50-21-165
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Numa-Numa
Provenience Solomon Islands | Bougainville
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel
Description

Palmwood point in cane shaft. Barbing, type of 50-21-163, but 6 pairs of barbs. Tip of point wrapped with plant cuticle. Distal portion of internode which receives point, as 50-21-164. Shaft decoration: 2nd internode from butt has two simple incised rings; 3rd to 7th, as 4th to 9th of 50-21-166; 8th as 10th of 50-21-165

Length 135 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950
Other Number L-9-165 - Other Number

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