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Carter No.: 048d

Handlist description: Stick with crook composed of bound Asiatic and African prisoners back to back

Card/Transcription No.: 048d-1


48 (d) Stick with crook composed of bound Asiatic & African prisoners back to back.

<> 4 5.8 72.7 74 93.5 A B C D E 22 Section of this band only. 16 F 11

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L. 93.5 Diam. of stick proper 2.2 constant. But for handle, & heads arms and legs of prisoners stick entirely covered with gold leaf on gesso. A Handle of ivory, painted red. Plain below: on top <> B. Plain band with five incised lines. C. Chevron pattern, same all the way down. D. As B. E. Feather pattern on three sides: on top in relief, running whole length. F. An Asiatic and an African prisoner bound back to back. Binding shown as raised bar.

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