Staff fragment
- Museum number:
- 11-37679
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110037679
- Accession number:
- Acc.1915
- Description:
- ornamental fragment, probably from the end of a wood staff; bird’s head at one end, relied design in central portion
- Donor:
- Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
- Collection place:
- April River Tributary, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
- Culture or time period:
- Papuan
- Collector:
- Bruce D. Lawes
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Fragments (object portions)
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Accession date:
- 1964
- Department:
- Oceania
- Images:
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