Accession No
1978.13
Description
Sceptre; spatula; spoon - Wooden sceptre with carved figure at top, paddle shaped bottom.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Newall, Robert Stirling [executors; donor]; Newall, Robert Stirling [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1978.13
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) Annual Report notes a small ethnographic collection was given by the executors of the late Mr R.S.Newall
Event Date 29/1/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Wooden sceptre with carved figure at top, paddle shaped bottom.
Event Date 29/1/2008
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Identified by Magali Melandri, visiting researcher and curator at Le Quai Branly, Paris, as originating from the Geelvink (now Cenderawasih) Bay area in New Guinea. Identified while working on the Solomons collection in February 2013. Stored with other Geelvink Bay material in 16.A.1.
Event Date 15/4/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden
FM:265050
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