Barbed palm wood spear

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Object Number 91-6-70/50593.2

Display Title Barbed palm wood spear

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, tapered to point on both ends, rounded oval tip

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Papua New Guinea, southeast; Massim Region

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 231 x 2 x 2 cm (90 15/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 50593.2

Provenance

Seller A. P. Goodwin

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
91-6-70/50591	Barbed palm wood spear	Spear	Papua New Guinea
91-6-70/50593.1	Barbed palm wood spear	Spear	Papua New Guinea
91-6-70/50589	Barbed palm wood spear	Spear	Papua New Guinea
91-6-70/50590	Barbed palm wood spear	Spear	Papua New Guinea
91-6-70/50587	Barbed palm wood spear	Spear	Papua New Guinea
91-6-70/50586	Barbed palm wood spear	Spear	Papua New Guinea
91-6-70/50592	Barbed palm wood spear	Spear	Papua New Guinea
91-6-70/50588	Barbed palm wood spear	Spear	Solomon islands
91-6-70/50582	Palm wood spear without barbs	Spear	Papua New Guinea
91-6-70/50581.1	Large palm wood spears without barbs	Spear	Papua New Guinea
91-6-70/50581.2	Large palm wood spears without barbs	Spear	Papua New Guinea
91-6-70/50581.3	Large palm wood spears without barbs	Spear	Papua New Guinea

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