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Object Number
2004.24.17263
Display Title
Carved cane, club, badge of office, spear, grave post
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved cane (D/3322) Club (53439) Badge of Office (1354) Spear (63047) Grave post (63044) New Zealand (D/3322) Tongan Islands (53439) Manaia Islands (1354) Samoa (63047) New Caledonia (63044) Taken by F.P. Orchard. November 1944.
Subject
- Office
- Post
- Weapon
- Spear
- Club
- Badge
- Grave
- Carved
- cane
Department
Photographic
Date
11/1/1944
Artist
Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
- Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
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