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50-21-164

From: Solomon Islands | Bougainville

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 50-21-164
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Numa-Numa
Provenience Solomon Islands | Bougainville
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Wood
Description

Palmwood point in cane shaft. Barbing type of 50-21-163. Shaft decoration: 2nd internode from butt, cf. P 4908, 1st decorated internode; 3rd-6th internodes, rings of hatched triangles, with vertical line arising from apices: 6th internode cf. 7th of 50-21-162; instead of curved contour lines, small open triangles with vertical line arising from apices. Distal portion of 8th internode blackened and wrapped with yellow plant cuticle.

Length 131 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950
Other Number L-9-164 - Other Number

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