Walking stick

Museum number:
11-39265
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Accession number:
Acc.2342
Description:
Walking cane, palm wood, decorated at top with curved figure of alligator forming handle, tan fiber lashing
Donor:
Mrs. Marion Joubert
Collection place:
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Walking sticks (costume accesories) and Walking sticks (personal equipment)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Walking stick, accession number 11-39265, described as Walking cane, palm wood, decorated at top with curved figure of alligator forming handle, tan fiber lashing

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