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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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