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29-89-259

From: Berlin Harbor (uncertain) | German New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-89-259
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Berlin Harbor (uncertain) | German New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Wood | Bamboo | Peel | Feather | Seed | Pigment
Description

See 29-89-253 and cf. 29-89-259, 29-89-197, etc. The pith-like filling above the foreshaft and the corresponding part of the point are covered with feathers. For painting of point (convex side) cf. Biro (Berlinhafen), pl. XIX, fig. 20. There are two long ellipsoid figures side by side, and the tendril-like finial is wanting. Encrustation of Coix seeds near insertion of foreshaft. For lashing, cf. 29-89-198. For shaft markings, cf. Biro, pl. XXIII, fig. 16.

Length 145 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917

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