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Dancing stick in the shape of a canoe/Salomon Islands

Wooden dancing stick in the shape of a stylised canoe. Three fraying raffia cords are attached to the connection between the grans and the base piece. The surfaces are painted with geometric ornaments in black and red. The object is labelled with a historical identification card "Tanzstock Salomoninseln". Provenance: Solomon Islands, Malenesia. The object belongs to the estate of the senior general practitioner Georg Wilke (*1859 Dresden +1938 Rochlitz), which initially went to the teaching collection of the Rochlitz secondary school after his death and was transferred to the collection of Rochlitz Castle in the 1960s.

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Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen. Schloss Rochlitz
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Object type
Dance accessories
Dimensions
H x W x D: 48 cm x 90 cm x 7.1 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, raffia; carved, moulded
Current location
State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony gGmbH, Rochlitz Castle
Inventory number
Roc_E_VI_000107

Provenance and sources

when
1875-1900
where
Solomon Islands

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