Dancing club and sheath

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Object Number 23-47-70/D1770

Display Title Dancing club and sheath

Descriptions

Inventory Description Staff, carved wood, ovate, black pigmented linear design, cracked

Classification

Staff

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Solomon islands

Additional Geographic Terms Santa Cruz Islands

Materials Wood, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 58.7 x 5.4 x 5.5 cm (23 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object D1770

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