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Object Number
40-12-70/1739
Display Title
Wooden dance ornament and baton - worn on head or carried; incised & +
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Staff, carved wood, square and crescent design, incised and pigmented, 3 rods
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Bougainville Island
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 48 x 6.4 x 1.1 cm (18 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-12-70/1739
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