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50-21-168

From: Solomon Islands | Buka Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 50-21-168
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Solomon Islands | Buka Island
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel | Pigment
Description

Palmwood point in cane shaft. Cf. 50-21-167. This has 5 tiers of barbs following a band of incised ladder ornament filled with lime. Shaft decoration: 5th and 6th internodes have ornament based on same elements as that of 3rd internodes (from point) of P 4915; 4th and 7th internodes have a simplification of this.

Length 136.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950
Other Number L-9-168 - Other Number

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