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Tongan

Club (Povai)

Tongan, 1867-1899

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Tongan

Club (Povai)

Tongan, 1867-1899

Physical Qualities Wood, D. 1 3/4 at top x L. 36 7/16 in. (4.5 x 92.5 cm.)
Credit Line Anonymous Gift
Object Number 1998.382
Fully incised with bands and stripes of zigzag lines; small human figures and geometric forms inserted into each band of geometric lines. Rounded at one end, cut off at the other end.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1998; Private Collection, Baltimore, by purchase 1980; Hurst and Hurst, Laurel, Maryland

Inscribed: Orange label with '527' at the flat end.

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