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97-120-1027

From: New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 97-120-1027
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Bone | Wood | Cane (plant) | Plant Fiber
Description

Bone (or horn) point, hardwood foreshaft inserted into cane shaft. Junction of point and foreshaft and also of foreshaft and shaft wrapped with plant cuticle covered with white clay. Foreshaft divided into bands, four of them painted red, and one of the unpainted ones decorated with a design of concentric diamonds. The point end of the shaft and both ends of the foreshaft have narrow black bands.

Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-120-1027 - Old Museum Number | unknown - ANSP Number

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