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29-89-23

From: Solomon Islands | Buka Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-89-23
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Solomon Islands | Buka Island
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel
Description

See Frizzi, Baessler-Archiv, VI, 1914, p. 39 and fig. 60, lower row, 9th from right; and cf. 29-89-21, 22. These examples have no decoration in white or red. Tip of point wrapped with plant cuticle. Shaft markings: 3d-8th internodes, counting from butt, cf. 2d to 6th internodes of 29-89-21, but here only two figures in each internode; 9th internode has a design of closely set longitudinal strokes between two bands, on the upper band two pairs of "bug's antennae" (Frizzi, p. 41).

Length 130.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917

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