Wooden war club - decorated for ceremonial purposes. Handle woven + – Objects

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Object Number 40-12-70/1720

Display Title Wooden war club - decorated for ceremonial purposes. Handle woven +

Descriptions

Inventory Description Staff, carved head, white pigmented scroll and anthropomorphic design, fiber wra

Classification

Staff

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Siwai

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 143.5 x 8.5 x 2.4 cm (56 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 15/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 40-12-70/1720

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