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Object Number
99-12-70/53407
Display Title
Staff with carved upper portion
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Staff, carved wood, flattened point and carved blunt serrations at 1 end
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
Oceania / Samoa
Oceania / Samoa
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 277.7 x 2.4 x 2.5 cm (109 5/16 x 15/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53407
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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