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Wooden cane set with shell
Wooden cane set with shell
Object Number 47-72-70/2754
Display Title Wooden cane set with shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description Staff, tapered cylindrical shaft, openwork knobbed head, geometric shell inlay
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Ysabel Island
Materials Wood, Shell, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 98.7 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm (38 7/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/2754
Provenance
Collector Cornelius Crane (1930)
Donor Donated by Cornelius Crane (1947)

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