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Object Number
32-68-70/D3947.2
Display Title
Stone-tipped spear foreshaft
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, stone blade - with serrated edges - attached with resin to shaft
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
/
Forrest River Mission
Materials
Wood Bamboo Pigment Plant fiber Resin?
Dimensions
Overall: 67.5 × 3 × 1 cm (26 9/16 × 1 3/16 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/3947.2
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1916)
Seller
University of Pennsylvania Press
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32-68-70/D3947.3 | Stone-tipped spear foreshaft |
Spear
|
Forrest River Mission
| |
|
| 32-68-70/D3947.4 | Stone-tipped spear foreshaft |
Spear
|
Forrest River Mission
| |
| 32-68-70/D3947.1 | Stone-tipped spear foreshaft |
Spear
|
Forrest River Mission
| |
|
| 32-68-70/D3947.5 | Stone-tipped spear foreshaft |
Spear
|
Forrest River Mission
| |
| 20-42-70/D1309.3 | Spear with chipped green glass point |
Spear
|
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
| 973-11-70/5308B | Spears, a) 59 in. l.; b) 47.5 in. l, bone-tipped |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 973-11-70/5308A | Spears, a) 59 in. l.; b) 47.5 in. l, bone-tipped |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50598.18 | Composite Spear, single barb |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 20-42-70/D1309.2 | Spear with chipped glass point |
Spear
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
| 91-6-70/50598.13 | Composite Spear, single barb |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 18-12-30/F161 | Arrow foreshafts with fish spine points |
Spear
Raw Material |
Brazil
| |
| 30-54-70/D3482.1 | Hunting and war spears, stone pointed |
Spear
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land |