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97-120-1029

From: New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 97-120-1029
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Bone | Wood | Cane (plant) | Plant Fiber
Description

Worked bone point, hardwood foreshaft inserted into cane shaft. Juncture of point and foreshaft and also of foreshaft and shaft wrapped with plant cuticle covered with white clay. the foreshaft is divided into bands. Three of them painted red, bordered by narrow bands of black lines, one of the natural bands having a decorative design drawn in black.

Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-120-1029 - Old Museum Number | unknown - ANSP Number

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