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Figural Dance Staff

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Figural Dance Staff

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Date: early- 20th century
Medium: Fernwood
Dimensions:
h. 44 in. (111.7 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 77.1081
Label Text
This staff probably represents either an ancestor or a mythological figure. Impales on a hardwood shaft, the figure is modeled in clay and painted with an overlay decoration of black, yellow and white. A decoration particularly favored in the New Hebrides is the use of real boar tusks. The colors are influenced by the Sepik River region of New Guinea.
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