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Object Number 40-12-70/1740
Display Title Wooden dance ornament & baton - worn on head or carried
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, carved wood, wood stick with seated human figures carved in center
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 33.7 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm (13 1/4 x 1 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1740

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