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40-33-13

From: New Britain

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 40-33-13
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Britain
Section Oceanian
Materials Stone | Wood | Shell | Bitumen
Description

Wooden shaft tapering to slightly offset butt. The head is a thick, heavy, wide, stone ring through which the shaft has been thrust and the junction filled with bitumen into each end of which a band of small shells has been pressed. The wood beyond the stone head is ornamented with simple carved lines. Same type as P 4418

Length 125 cm
Depth 9.5 cm
Thickness 6 cm
Credit Line Gift of William Hinckle Smith, 1940
Other Number 21 - Other Number

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