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Dance club, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, pigment, traces of lime
58.4 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm (23.5 x 4 x 3 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.388

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The object is too lightweight to be a weapon and may have served as a dance wand. For comparison, see a "dance club" from the Kerewo (Kerewa) area (Newton, 1961, fig. 147) and a "dance staff" from the "Delta area" (ibid., 53, fig. 104). The knob at the top is probably for the attachment of cassowary plumes." (Catalog #474, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 164.)

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