Bone ceremonial stick

Museum number:

11-39587

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Accession number:

Acc.2636

Description:

Club handle, carved white whalebone, long wedge-shaped, grip end carved with geometric abstract zoomorphic face, 2 major eye circles, one with hole for thong, blade missing. Hole should have dogskin throng that fits over wrists.

Donor:

Mrs. Dale Parks and Mrs. Stanley Curry

Collection place:

New Zealand

Culture or time period:

Maori

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Function:

1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Accession date:

May 1970

Department:

Oceania

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