Basketry nose stick

Museum number:
11-43146
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Alternate number:
47 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Nose stick. Wood stick with plaited plant fiber cover using black and dark red on natural ground. length - 23.5 cm. Wood, plant fiber, plaited, dye.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Materials:
Plant fiber and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Plaited weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 23.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry nose stick, accession number 11-43146, described as Nose stick. Wood stick with plaited plant fiber cover using black and dark red on natural ground. length - 23.5 cm. Wood, plant fiber, plaited, dye.

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