Carved and painted wooden mallet

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Object Number 47-73-70/2825

Display Title Carved and painted wooden mallet

Descriptions

Inventory Description Staff, carved and painted design, crocodile head one end, 3 fiber bands

Classification

Staff

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Tambanum

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Tambonum

Materials Wood, Fiber, Feather, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 50.2 x 15 x 5.2 cm (19 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 2 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 47-73-70/2825

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