Chief's club

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Object Number 11-43-30/83027

Display Title Chief's club

Descriptions

Inventory Description Regalia, wooden object with barbed tip, wrapped with cord, 3 feather strings

Classification

Regalia

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Wapishana
Arawak

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Guyana
South America / British Guiana

Materials Wood, Feather, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 44 x 10 x 3 cm (17 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 83027

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