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29-89-167
From: Solomon Islands | Southeastern Bougainville
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-89-167 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nasioi |
| Provenience | Solomon Islands | Southeastern Bougainville |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel | Pigment |
| Description | Three groups of bone barbs: the uppermost comprises 4 pairs, the lowest a tier of 4 barbs; the intermediate group consists of 4 long Pteropus wing bones made fast at both ends to the wooden point, this ceasing in fact to be barbs at all. Construction otherwise as 29-89-142, etc. (Nasioi). Shaft markings: Internodes 2 and 3; Between longitudinal strokes 4 "zigzags" running longitudinally. These areas filled with lines which form a pseudo-zigzag have a common origin with the shaft-markings of 29-89-164 to 29-89-166. |
| Length | 122 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917 |
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