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Bamboo stick with added wooden carved ornamentation - lime stick?
Bamboo stick with added wooden carved ornamentation - lime stick?
Object Number 969-29-70/4719
Display Title Bamboo stick with added wooden carved ornamentation - lime stick?
Descriptions
Object Description Bamboo stick with added wooden carved ornamentation - lime stick?
Inventory Description Spear thrower, cut bamboo tube, zoomorphic wood ornament, fiber bands
Classification
  • Atlatl
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Kayan; Madang and Wewak, a village along the coast between
Materials Bamboo, Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 77 x 8.5 x 3 cm (30 5/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 969-29-70/4719

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