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29-89-23
From: Solomon Islands | Buka Island
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-89-23 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Solomon Islands | Buka Island |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel |
| Description | See Frizzi, Baessler-Archiv, VI, 1914, p. 39 and fig. 60, lower row, 9th from right; and cf. 29-89-21, 22. These examples have no decoration in white or red. Tip of point wrapped with plant cuticle. Shaft markings: 3d-8th internodes, counting from butt, cf. 2d to 6th internodes of 29-89-21, but here only two figures in each internode; 9th internode has a design of closely set longitudinal strokes between two bands, on the upper band two pairs of "bug's antennae" (Frizzi, p. 41). |
| Length | 130.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917 |
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