Scepter
Unidentified maker (Solomon Islands)
collected in the 19th century
Wood and Mother of Pearl
Overall: 41 in. (104.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H
S.972.14
Geography
Place Made: Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Symbol
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Recent Acquisitions, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June-July 1972.
Provenance
Collected in the 19th century; Merton D. Simpson, Primitive and Modern Arts, New York, New York; sold Evelyn Annenberg Friede Jaffe Hall (1911-2005) and William B. Jaffe (1904-1972), New York; given to present collection, 1972.
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