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Object Number 47-72-70/2701
Display Title Wooden wand, carved and decorated with feathers and fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Staff, carved wood shaft, bone and plume end, 3 fiber and feather tassels, broke
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Nyourangai
Dimensions Overall: 92.5 x 25 x 9 cm (36 7/16 x 9 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 47-72-70/2701

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