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1920.100.171

Painted dance club with nut shell jingles [SM 27/02/2008]

1920.100.171

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Collection type
Object
Description
Painted dance club with nut shell jingles [SM 27/02/2008]
Long description
The club is long with a tapering tip that curves upwards. It has two groups of nut shell tassels at the butt and seven groups of grass tassels on the upper half of the club, an eighth tassel has broken off and is missing. This upper half is also painted white with geometric designs in red and black. [SM 27/02/2008]
Geographical reference
Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands
Santa Cruz Islands
Person
Field collector John Richardson Selwyn
Field collector Melanesian Mission
PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1888
Date collected
By 1888
Acquisition information
Donated: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Nut-shell, Material String, Material Reed Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Twisted, Process Tied, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Width: max 125 mm, Length: max 930 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1920.100.171

Search terms: Weapon, Dance, Music, Club, Dance Accessory

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