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Wooden dance ornament - seated human figure, hat wound with yarn, +
Wooden dance ornament - seated human figure, hat wound with yarn, +
Object Number 40-12-70/1735
Display Title Wooden dance ornament - seated human figure, hat wound with yarn, +
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, stick with carved seated human figure, yarn and feather atop hat
Classification
  • Ornament
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood, Feather, Pigment, Yarn, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 67 x 3.3 x 3.6 cm (26 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1735

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