Dancing stick

Maker
Puafagatea
Description
Body of dancing stick is fish swallowing handle (possibly of a paddle). Beyond tail of fish are two frigate birds topped by fish. Matani Mao – dance stick for women – made by master carver Puafagatea of Natagera, Santa Ana, Solomon Is.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Wood.
Measurements
825 x 132 x 25 mm - HxWxD [verified].
Production place
Nataghera, Santa Ana, Solomon Islands
Collection
Mead Collection/Solomon Island/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1973/49/23

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