Ceremonial Staff (Wari Hau)
Object type: Staff
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Solomon Islands
Date: 19th–early 20th century
Medium: Wood, chambered-nautilus shell, fiber, paint
Dimensions: H. 15 1/2 × W. 1 3/8 × D. 1 3/8 in. (39.4 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:     Solomon Islands  
Credit line: Bequest of John B. Elliott, 1997
Accession year: 1999