Accession No
TEMP.00633.1-2
Description
Two feathered sticks, possibly associated with the rambaramp of a man of high rank in the Numangki and Nevinbur societies.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Vanuatu [New Hebrides]; ?Malekula; ?South West Bay
Period
Source
?Deacon, A. B [collector]; ?Clarke, Louis.C.G. [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00633.1-2
Cultural Affliation
Material
plant fibre; pigment; unfired clay; cane; wood; shell; spider web
Local Term
Rambaramp
Measurements
1677mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Stored with the Rambaramp before conservation and photographed either side of the figure in the 1932, see N.75838.STR, LS.120878.TC1 and LS.120879.TC1
The illustration used in Deacon's Malekula: A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides, 1934, plate XXI was made by Mr T. A. G. Strickland in the MAA Galleries and is N.75838.STR.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: rachel hand
Description (CMS Description)
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: rachel hand
Context (CMS Context)
Event Date 18/2/2014
Author: rachel hand
Description (CMS Description)
Two feathered sticks, possibly associated with the rambaramp of a man of high rank in the Numangki and Nevinbur societies.
The surface, ?inner bark on the stick is flaking and the feathers are only in a fair condition with some historic damage but appear stable.
wooden Mounted on historic wooden bases from the 1930s.
Event Date 30/9/2015
Author: rachel hand
Context (References)
Event Date 26/6/2018
Author: rachel hand
Loan (Exhibition)
Royal Academy of Arts, 14/09/2018 to 09/12/2018, Oceania
Event Date 14/9/2018
Author: rachel hand
FM:281618
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