Massim
Swagger Stick/Walking Stick (Kaitukuwa/Lewo)
Massim, 1900-1966
Scroll
Massim
Swagger Stick/Walking Stick (Kaitukuwa/Lewo)
Massim, 1900-1966
Physical Qualities
Wood, L. 49 1/8 in. (124.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marjorie Teitelbaum, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.418
Cylindrical staff with finial and knobbed end. Shaft is plain. Knobbed end is oval. Finial is 16.8 cms long and contains openwork human figure squatting with chin on hands. Top of head, figure, and base are ornamented with incised and relief curvilinear zigzags and interlocking scrolls. 29.5 cms from end of staff is second, cylindrical, band of ornamentation; designs include incised, curvilinear, interlocking scrolls and curvilienar zigzags.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1991; Marjorie Teitelbaum, Charters Towers Australia 1940s'
Original attribution 'Swagger Stick' came from telephone conversation with Frank Norick at Lowie Museum, following KWF's letter to him of 12-16-91. Attribution changed to 'Swagger Stick/Walking Stick (Kaitukuwa/Lewo)' after receipt of letter from Norick and pages of his dissertation, dated 15 January 1992. Norick identifies this piece as a combination of Swagger Stick and Walking Stick.
