Club (uncertain)
42-30-470
From: New Guinea | Massim Area (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 42-30-470 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Massim Area (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Wooden, in the form of a knife with a long, wide single-edged blade, widest near point. Cutting edge rounded to point, back slanted. Incised decoration on one face of blade- zig-zag and wide band of scrolls the incisions filled in with white pipe clay. Grip in the form of a highly conventionalized bird with large rectangular hand hole. Inside, scroll decoration on the side corresponding to the plain face of the blade. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number | 8x - Collector Number |
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