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Object Number
40-12-70/1708.3
Display Title
Partly made hunting arrows for flying fox - long bamboo shafts; 3 +
Descriptions
Object Description
Partly made hunting arrows for flying fox - long bamboo shafts; 3 +
Inventory Description
Spear, barbed multiprong wood points, incised pigmented reed shaft, fiber wrap
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Bougainville Island
Materials
Wood, Reed, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 171 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm (67 5/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-12-70/1708.3
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