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29-89-199
From: Berlin Harbor (uncertain) | German New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 29-89-199 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Papuan |
Provenience | Berlin Harbor (uncertain) | German New Guinea |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Cane (plant) | Wood | Bamboo | Peel |
Description | For construction cf. 29-89-194, etc., Filling above plug consists of two pieces of pith with traces of feather decoration. One tube only partly covering structural lashing, the latter and the tube overlaid with strips and open lashing. Wide bamboo point decorated on concave face with transverse strokes, on convex face with strokes, dots, a rhomboid, etc. Shaft marked with parallel longitudinal strokes in each internode. Point barbed: two (originally 3) barbs on one edge, one on the other; behind barbs, point pierced with two nearly semicircular openings. |
Length | 169.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917 |
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