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Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Object Number 46-78-70/2368.3
Display Title Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Descriptions
Object Description Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Inventory Description Spear, bamboo shaft, tapered, incised wood point, barbed, plant fiber band
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Bamboo, Wood, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 187 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (73 5/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-78-70/2368.3

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