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Object Number 96-25-70/49428
Display Title Small club-like object
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, wood, oblong, rounded ends, tapered, carved white s designs
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Trobriand Islands
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 36.3 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm (14 5/16 x 1 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 96-25-70/49428
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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