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. 35 3/16 in. (89.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marjorie Teitelbaum, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.419
Cylindrical staff with finial and knobbed end. Knobbed end is spherical. Shaft is unornamented. Finial is 14 cm long and contains 2 openwork human figures squatting back to back each has chin on hands. Top of heads is unornamented; bodies and base ornamented with incised and relief interlocking curvilinear lines and scrolls, and nested ovals. Incised lines contain remains of white pigment.
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.
