Sword Club

29-50-499

From: New Guinea | Tambunum

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-499
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Tambunum
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Shell | Pigment
Description

Wooden. Long elliptical blade terminating at the handle end in a carved and painted human mask having cowries for eyes.

Length 118 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 629 - Other Number

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