Accession No
E 1912.79.631
Description
Tobacco pipe. An internode of bamboo (Keme) with a hole at each end, one hole in node and another in side at opposite end. The pierced node is decorated with a piece of mother-of-pearl set in wax and surround with Abrus seeds, incised clan pattern set in middle of outline of totem image - probably Soka: a dog. Function as per 1912.791.623. Clan pattern - Sa: Giya. Clan - Wabadala. Moiety - Segela. See paper archives.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Division; Lower Fly River; Aramia River
Period
Source
Landtman, Gunnar [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1912.79.631; MAA: BB 1912.791.631; AR 1912.467.631
Cultural Affliation
Gogodala
Material
Cane
Local Term
?Wadulu
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Tobacco pipe. An internode of bamboo (Keme) with a hole at each end, one hole in node and another in side at opposite end. The pierced node is decorated with a piece of mother-of-pearl set in wax and surround with Abrus seeds, incised clan pattern set in middle of outline of totem image - probably Soka: a dog. Function as per 1912.791.623. Clan pattern - Sa: Giya. Clan - Wabadala. Moiety - Segela. See paper archives.
Duplicate record read, "Tobacco pipe. Centre of one end blackened and surrounded with two rows of Abrus seeds. Ref: ACH.JRAI.XLVI.1916.p.344."
Event Date 1912
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Landtman Collection; containing 721 objects collected by the donor 1910-1911 during his expedition to the Lower Fly River.
Event Date 1/7/1998
Author: maa
FM:116872
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