Walking stick

Museum number:
11-39821
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Accession number:
Acc.2006
Description:
Sparring club/ walking stick/ swagger stick of black wood decorated with incised patterns on upper end. End with handle and double squatting figure decoration. 108.5 cm length
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Massim region, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski
Collection date:
1914-1920
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Walking sticks (costume accesories) and Walking sticks (personal equipment)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Walking stick, accession number 11-39821, described as Sparring club/ walking stick/ swagger stick of black wood decorated with incised patterns on upper end. End with handle and double squatting figure decoration. 108.5 cm length

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