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Ritual funerary stick. A long, thick bundle of plant fibre, triangular in cross section, is densely wrapped in twisted fibres that are pigmented in alternating colour bands of rust-brown, white and yellow. The pointed end is crowned in a tuft of white feathers, while small orange, grey, and white and grey striped feathers and feather down are loosely attached along the length of the stick. The butt end of the stick is wrapped in loose fibres.
Ritual funerary stick. A large, round bundle of plant fibre, wide at bottom and narrowing toward the top, densely wrapped by thin, twisted fibres coloured in wide bands of white, light brown, and dark yellow pigment. Feather down is woven into the fibre in several places, mainly around the midpoint. At top is a smooth stick of forked wood, wrapped into the body of the piece with the twisted plant fibre. It is thickly covered with yellow pigment. Two long handles of twisted fibre are attached either side, at midpoint.
Ritual funerary stick. A bundle of plant fibres are densely wrapped by twisted fibres, pigmented in alternating bands of colour in rust brown, white and dark yellow. Small orange, grey and striped white and grey feathers and down are attached along the length of the stick. The body widens slightly downwards, flaring at the end into a wider portion for several centimetres before narrowing sharply to a blunt point.
Ritual funerary stick. A bundle of plant fibre is densely wrapped by twisted fibres pigmented in alternating bands of colour in rust brown, white and dark yellow. Small white feathers and feather down are attached along the length of the stick, and the ends are capped with hard, dried mud. The stick is flexible.
Tuft of loose cords made of plant fibre and bindings of camelid wool threads. Cords have knots at the ends and threads are forming circular weave patterns and are intertwined with the cords. Yellow-brown, red-brown, green, grey-brown, blue, purple-brown and orange-red dyed wool. Incomplete.
Gift of Adelaide Goan
Gift of Mrs. Eugene Schaefer
Long bamboo and wood spear. Spear point is bound to bamboo shaft with plant fibre and wax. Two lines are carved into the top of the bamboo shaft. Spear point has four pointed barbs staggered along the right side and five along the other side. Bamboo shaft is lighter in colour than the spear point.
Long bamboo and wood spear. Wooden spear point bound to bamboo shaft with woven plant fibre and wax. Thin lines circle top and butt end of bamboo shaft. Spear point has four staggered sets of barbs escalating in size and number along the length of the point. Shaft is lighter colour than spear point.
Wooden spear. The bamboo shaft is bound to a carved wooden spear point with a small section of woven plant fibre. Three lines are carved under the joint. The carved spear point is quite long and consists of three smaller, rounder sets of barbs, two longer barbs and a thin point. Five thin lines are carved onto the base of the point. The spear point is a darker brown then the bamboo shaft.