Staff

Museum number:

9-11450

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21090011450

Alternate number:

R-2 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2697

Object count:

1

Description:

Staff, bamboo; dark colored wood, carving at top with steel pin set in end; band of wire and steel band encircling; 1.57 cm Role in trade - bought in Maradabad in mid 1960's

Donor:

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner

Collection place:

Uttar Pradesh, India

Verbatim coll. place:

India, Uttar Pradesh

Culture or time period:

Indian

Collector:

Richard Lerner

Collection date:

April 2, 1970

Materials:

Bamboo (material) and Steel (alloy)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

1970

Context of use:

Not used for fighting

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

length 57 centimeters

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