Long bamboo staff decorated with incised patterns

Made:
1851-1920

Long bamboo staff decorated with incised patterns, figures, animals and scenes of fishing and warfare, from New Caledonia, 1851-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A61859
Materials:
cane, bamboo
Measurements:
overall: 1415 mm 60 mm, .66 kg
type:
staffs