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P1810

From: New Guinea | Northern New Guinea | Humboldt Bay (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number P1810
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Northern New Guinea | Humboldt Bay (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Wood | Peel
Description

General type of "barbing"; imitation of bone tip. The hindmost barbs (pair) are undercut and between them on each side is a serration of the edge. A band of lime-filled carving behind the barbs is a simplified form of that of 29-89-234. Cf. P4253, P4254. Shaft marking: On 5th internode, triangles between two rings.

Credit Line Purchased from J. E. Standley, 1905

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