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29-89-261

From: Dutch New Guinea | Humboldt Bay (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-89-261
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Dutch New Guinea | Humboldt Bay (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Wood | Bamboo | Peel | Pigment
Description

See 29-89-260 and P 3668. All three have feathers stuck on with gum. Shaft markings: On internode 6, four ladder-like figures separated by longitudinal parallel or converging lines and carelessly executed zigzags; on internode 5, two pairs of converging lines joined by carelessly executed transverse strokes; on the other internodes, longitudinal parallel or slightly convergent strokes. For shaft markings, internode 6, see Serrurier, Int. Arch. f. Ethn., I, p. 16.

Length 140 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917

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