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Object Number
18-20-70/D1186
Display Title
Dagger with point of sting-ray
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Dagger, carved wood polychrome handle, point of dagger is stingray barb
Classification
- Dagger
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Admiralty Islands
Materials
Stingray spine, Wood, Pigment, Pitch
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm (14 9/16 x 1 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D1186 / 5101
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-20-70/D1238 | Dagger, obsidian point, 2 small ray stings |
Raw Material
Dagger |
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 00-8-70/55311 | Na-motu-vai - spear with point of ray sting |
Spear
|
Fiji
| |
| 48-56-70/3080 | Long plaited wooden spear with sting rays and long handle |
Spear
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 48-56-70/3098 | Short spear with sting rays and 3 point tips of human bone - very rare |
Spear
|
Vanuatu
Espiritu Santo Island | |
|
Image Not Available
for Spine of sting ray
| 91-8-20/C2007 | Spine of sting ray |
Faunal Remain
|
Cave of Loltun
| |
| 18-20-70/D1235 | Spear with 9 sting rays at point |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Spines of sting ray
| 91-8-20/C1981 | Spines of sting ray |
Faunal Remain
|
Cave of Loltun
| |
| 99-12-30/53436 | Arrow with sting of sting ray for point |
Spear
|
South America
| |
| 00-8-70/55696 | Spear pointed with ray spine |
Spear
|
Truk Island
| |
| 48-56-70/3081 | Plaited wooden spear with sting rays - handle sawed off |
Spear
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 11-6-20/C5463 | Barb of sting ray |
Faunal Remain
|
Holmul
| |
| 986-30-60/14523 | Curved dagger |
Dagger
|
Iraq
|