Woman's fighting stick

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Object Number 18-20-70/D1201

Display Title Woman's fighting stick

Descriptions

Inventory Description Staff, pointed curvlinear and banded carved head, flattened shaft, rounded tip

Classification

Staff

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Admiralty Islands

Materials Wood, Organic

Dimensions Overall: 146.8 x 5.3 x 1.6 cm (57 13/16 x 2 1/16 x 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 18-20-70/ D-1201/ 134430

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