Dance Wand
Funerary Artifact
55-13-32
From: New Britain | West Nakanai
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 55-13-32 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lakalai |
| Provenience | New Britain | West Nakanai |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Shell | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
| Description | Wooden bar, each end has a carved garfish head. Painted green with a little red, on natural wood. Rattle attached to one end. Used in solo performance in mortuary rites. |
| Credit Line | New Britain Expedition; Ward Goodenough and C. A. Valentine, 1955 |
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