Carved wooden lime sticks decorated with feathers

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Object Number 47-73-70/2805

Display Title Carved wooden lime sticks decorated with feathers

Descriptions

Object Description Carved wooden lime sticks decorated with feathers

Inventory Description Three notched and pointed sticks, with feather and bone decoration

Classification

Personal gear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Upper

Materials Wood, Bone, Feather

Dimensions Overall: 115 x 17 x 4 cm (45 1/4 x 6 11/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Quantity 4

Label on object 47-73-70/2805 / POISON / L-138

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