A wooden loom sword used as a burial staff. The sword has a very simple handle marked out by parallel incised lines on the front only. The tip of the sword is rounded and shows some insect damage.
Abolavo. A wooden loom sword used as a burial staff. The sword has a very simple handle marked out by parallel incised lines on the front only. The tip of the sword is rounded and shows some insect damage.
Luggage tag attached with string reads: '181 [?] burial staff (abolavo) carried in funeral procession. Made of [two words crossed out] utata wood / over.'
On reverse: 'originally a loom sword made with sharp edges / See no 183'