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Fish spears
Object Number 09-33-70/75431.2
Display Title Fish spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical wood shaft, four pronged points, carved, fiber tied
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Materials Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 198.3 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm (78 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 09-33-70/75431.2

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Fish spears
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Spear
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Matty Island
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Matty Island
Wuvulu Island
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Wuvulu Island
Matty Island
Fish spears
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Wuvulu Island
Matty Island
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Spear
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Queensland
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Andaman Islands
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Papua New Guinea
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Spear
Wuvulu Island
Matty Island
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Spear
Papua New Guinea
Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
46-78-70/2368.4 Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Spear
Papua New Guinea
Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
46-78-70/2368.3 Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Spear
Papua New Guinea