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Object Number
25-46-70/D2428.1
Display Title
Fighting spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, carved wood, cylindrical, tapered to point both ends
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
/
<City>
/
Drysdale River
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms
Drysdale River
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 293 x 2 x 2 cm (115 3/8 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
25-46-70/D2428.1
Provenance
Intermediary
Mrs. Walter Badenach
(1924)
Seller
Unknown
(1925)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-46-70/D2428.2 | Fighting spears |
Spear
|
Western Australia
Drysdale River | |
|
| 25-46-70/D2428.3 | Fighting spears |
Spear
|
Drysdale River
Western Australia | |
| 25-46-70/D2428.4 | Fighting spears |
Spear
|
Drysdale River
Western Australia | |
| 64-18-70/4538 | Dark wood fighting spear with white band and bamboo butt stop |
Spear
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 96-25-70/49463.3 | Spears |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50608.2 | Spears of single piece of wood |
Spear
|
New South Wales
| |
| 64-18-70/4541 | Small fighting spear of light wood (ab dege) |
Spear
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 64-18-70/4539 | Small darkened fighting spear (ab dege) |
Spear
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 27-56-70/D2848.1 | Spears |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
| 27-56-70/D2848.4 | Spears |
Spear
|
Mapi River
Eiland River | |
|
| 27-56-70/D2848.3 | Spears |
Spear
|
Mapi River
Eiland River | |
|
| 27-56-70/D2848.2 | Spears |
Spear
|
Mapi River
Eiland River |