Object class: Carvings (visual works) / Culture or time period: Oceanian cultures / Function: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cane, accession number 11-39512, described as Cane carved from ifilele wood; red-brown stained shaft; triangular mother-of-pearl inlay below handle; tip covered with bullet shell casing. Chief’s cane.

Hearst Museum object titled Staff, accession number 11-40750, described as staff; wood; incised squatting anthropomorphic figure in low relief at top, incised triangles in center; incised sawlike and curvilinear designs at base; carving is on both sides of staff

Hearst Museum object titled Stick, carved wood head, accession number 11-42728, described as Stick, wood, carved head on top, jequirity seed eyes, black and white painted face, knotted fiber through nose, ear. 84.0 cm. Called "Gordon Stick" by donor, collector.