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50-21-163

From: Solomon Islands | Bougainville

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 50-21-163
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Numa-Numa
Provenience Solomon Islands | Bougainville
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Wood | Peel
Description

Palmwood point in cane shaft. Single pair of barbs bilateral arising from heart-shaped widening of point near top. Tip and two sections of stem of point wrapped with yellow plant cuticle. Shaft decoration: two proximal internodes like 3rd internode of 50-21-161; 3rd and 4th internodes like 3rd and 4th of P4906; 5th internode like 10th of 50-21-161. Distal portion of 7th blackened.

Length 130.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950
Other Number L-9-163 - Other Number

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