Massim
Swagger Stick/Walking Stick (Kaitukuwa/Lewo)
Massim, 1900-1966
Scroll
Massim
Swagger Stick/Walking Stick (Kaitukuwa/Lewo)
Massim, 1900-1966
Physical Qualities
Wood, pigment, L. 41 3/16 in. (104.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marjorie Teitelbaum, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.417
Staff with knobbed end and decorated end. Knob is oval with 4 squared edges. Cylindrical shaft is undecorated. Ornamented end has 3 cm wide cylindrical band of incised interlocked curvilinear forms. 16 cms from end of staff is second square band, 15.5 cms long, containing elaborate interlocked curvilienar scrolls. Traces of white pigment in incised lines.
White pigment
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1991; Marjorie Teitelbaum, Charters Towers Australia 1940s'