Fish spears

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Object Number 09-33-70/75432.2

Display Title Fish spears

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical wood shaft, four-pronged serrated point

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, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 187 x 4 x 3.5 cm (73 5/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 75432.2

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
09-33-70/75431.2	Fish spears	Spear	Wuvulu Island Matty Island
09-33-70/75431.1	Fish spears	Spear	Matty Island Wuvulu Island
09-33-70/75432.1	Fish spears	Spear	Wuvulu Island Matty Island
09-33-70/75430.1	Fish spears	Spear	Wuvulu Island Matty Island
09-33-70/75425.2	Lances or dance spears	Spear	Wuvulu Island Matty Island
09-33-70/75430.2	Fish spears	Spear	Matty Island Wuvulu Island
970-1-70/4750.2	Spears/harpoons, light hollow wood bodies with thinner dark wood +	Spear	West Irian
09-33-70/75425.1	Lances or dance spears	Spear	Wuvulu Island Matty Island
91-6-70/50604	Composite spear, 4 prong, barbed	Spear	Queensland
91-6-70/50603.2	Composite spear, 4 prong, barbed	Spear	Queensland
91-6-70/50646	Spears	Spear	Niue
27-63-60/D3120	Wooden fish spears	Spear	Andaman Islands

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