Wooden staff (52" long)

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Object Number 59-29-70/3901

Display Title Wooden staff (52" long)

Descriptions

Inventory Description Staff, tapered to round top, 3 anthropomorphic faces carved both sides

Classification

Staff

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Maori

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / New Zealand

Materials Wood, Shell, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 123.4 x 10.3 x 3.3 cm (48 9/16 x 4 1/16 x 1 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 59-29-70/3901

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