Ceremonial wooden baton, 1860 - 1930
Scope and Contents
The baton’s stone head is bound with wooden fibre, and its slender wooden shaft is inlaid with mother-of-pearl. It was worn suspended from the neck with the aid of a fibre cord pierced through the upper shaft. The baton was produced in the Solomon Islands, probably Malaita, during the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries.
Dates
- Creation: 1860 - 1930
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Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
wood
Date information
DateText: The date is approximate..
Finding aid date
2018-02-07 14:38:00+00:00
Geographic
Repository Details
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