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29-89-260

From: Dutch New Guinea | Humboldt Bay (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-89-260
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Dutch New Guinea | Humboldt Bay (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Wood | Bamboo | Peel | Pigment
Description

See Serrurier, Int. Arch. f. Ethn., p. 20 and fig. 97: imitation in palmwood of a bamboo point. See also 29-89-261 and P 3668. Shaft markings: On internodes 9 and 11 a series of zigzags surrounds the shaft; on internode 10, an irregular arrangement of zigzags and cross-hatchings in longitudinal areas marked off by lines; on internodes 3 to 8, longitudinal parallel or converging lines.

Length 167 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917

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