Dancing stick

Museum number:
11-397
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.25
Description:
Dance stick set with shells.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
New Ireland Province, Bismarck Archipelago, Islands Region
Verbatim coll. place:
New Ireland / New Hebrides
Culture or time period:
Melanesian and New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Shell (animal material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dancing stick, accession number 11-397, described as Dance stick set with shells.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dancing stick, accession number 11-397, described as Dance stick set with shells.

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