Object type: ethnography / Loans: S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-39808, described as Sparring club of black ebony wood (Diospyros species), sawtoothed blade, designs (incised) incompleted. 60.8 cm long, 8.5 cm wide. Used in informal fights, village brawls, arguments over gardens, pigs, women, sorcery, and breaches of etiquette; not used in formal warfare. Sometimes carried in mortuary ceremonies and annual feasts.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-39797, described as Sparring club of black ebony wood (Diospyros species), incised linear patterns filled with white pigment; sword-shaped with truncated tip. 77 cm long, 10 cm wide. Used in informal fights, village brawls, arguments over gardens, pigs, women, sorcery, and breaches of etiquette; not used in formal warfare. Sometimes carried in mortuary ceremonies and annual feasts.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 11-39792, described as Sparring club of black mahogany-like wood, blackened by scorching, incised linear patterns. Sword-shaped with truncated tip. Row of holes for tassels on end. 48.7 cm long, 12.7 cm wide. Used in informal fights, village brawls, arguments over gardens, pigs, women, sorcery, and breaches of etiquette; not used in formal warfare. Sometimes carried in mortuary ceremonies and annual feasts.

Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 11-40173, described as Palmwood comb; teeth separated by bark twine; upper half of handle serrated on both edges. Length 39 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Dance paddle, accession number 11-39778, described as Shield, paddle-shaped, ornamental for dancing. Elaborate relief designs on both sides. Red, white, and black paint. Birds on margin. 62.1 cm length, 24.1 cm width

Hearst Museum object titled Dance shield, accession number 11-39242, described as Dance shield; carved and painted; constricted handle in center, symmetrical ends broad and covered with intricate relief and cut-through designs. Such objects were carried by dancers who performed in the month-long festival for the yam harvest. In addition to intricate dances, the festival included the distribution of food to all participants and the display of food and valuables as an offering to the spirits of the village dead who were believed to visit the community at this time of year. L. 66.3 cm, W 24.6 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 11-916, described as Small wooden drum with lizardskin head; carved handle with lime-filled incised design; incised band of zig-zag motif rings drum.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 11-41375, described as Drum; single-headed hourglass drum with intact monitor lizard head; 3/4 of original surface scraped away removing part of decoration; single handle with scroll-like incised designs above and below; remnant of lime and red ocher filler in designs; height 98.5 cm. Used in dances.

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