Staff

ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-staffs, scepters, & wands

Date20th Century

Collection SiteMilne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

MediumWood and pigment

Dimensions68 1/4 × 7/8 × 1 in. (173.4 × 2.2 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous Gift

Object number2021.7.66

DescriptionThis unique object requires more research, but appears to be a multicolored staff with panels of red, black, and off-white pigment. It was collected by the donor in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay Province. At its top, the object has a carved circular hole which may have been used to tie other adornments to the staff such as feathers, shells, and woven plant fiber ornaments.

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