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Hani or chief's staff
Object Number 99-12-70/53492
Display Title Hani or chief's staff
Descriptions
Inventory Description Staff, cylindrical, flared, flat at one end, incised pointed head, incised shell
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Materials Wood, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 205.5 x 8 x 4.5 cm (80 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53492
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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