Bamboo tube ?pipe with incised designs.

Collection type: Object
Description: Bamboo tube ?pipe with incised designs.
Long description: A bamboo tube with a flat open end and a closed end from which two flattened triangular projections extend. A band of pyro-engraved triangles encircles both the open end and the closed triangular projections. The rest of the surface is decorated with intricate patterns, arranged in three parallel strips running along its length: one strip of small triangles set perpendicular to the tube, one of closely packed V-shapes running parallel to the length, and one of large triangles also running parallel. The areas between these strips are divided into upper and lower sections, filled with various motifs including triangles, dots, and sun-like designs.
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Charles Robert Stonor; PRM source Charles Robert Stonor
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1949
Date collected: 1949
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1950
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 495 x 50 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1950.5.22B

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