Spear shaft

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Object Number 91-6-70/50605.2

Display Title Spear shaft

Descriptions

Object Description Fish spear

Inventory Description Shaft, carved wood, circular, resin and fiber wrapped on one end

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia / Queensland

Materials Wood, Resin, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 115 x 1.3 x 2 cm (45 1/4 x 1/2 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 91-6-70/50605.2

Provenance

Collector A. P. Goodwin

Seller A. P. Goodwin (1891)

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