Dance Staff (Temes Nevinbur)
ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-staffs, scepters, & wands
Datelate 20th Century
Made AtMalampa Province, Vanuatu
MediumClay, pigment and raffia
Dimensions62 × 23 × 5 1/2 in. (157.5 × 58.4 × 14 cm)
Credit LineBowers Museum Purchase
Object number2011.13.6
DescriptionMalakula figure with clay base painted red, black and white. The figure is composed of a central pole with two faces. There are two sets of arms extending diagonally from the sides, one set with raffia at the ends and the other with feathers. There is also a bunch of feathers at the top.On View
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20th Century
20th Century
19th-20th Century
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