Stick, carved softwood; raised relief dentate designs along length in horizontal bands; designs blackened by charring; drilled hole through base; 64.8 cm 1.
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
May River Tributary, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)