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Object Number
32-68-70/D4069
Display Title
Fighting spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, cylindrical, slender wood shaft, split, one wood barb, fiber wrapped
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Mid West
/
Boogardie
Additional Geographic Terms
Mt. Magnet, near
Materials
Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 299 x 1.1 x 1.9 cm (117 11/16 x 7/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
32-68-70/D4069
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1917)
Seller
Penn Museum
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32-68-70/D4079 | Fighting spear |
Spear
|
Boogardie
| |
| 32-68-70/D4077 | Fighting spear |
Spear
|
Boogardie
| |
| 64-18-70/4540 | Fighting spear of light wood with dark woven band |
Spear
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 63-29-70/4103 | Wooden light fighting spear with white band |
Spear
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 63-29-70/4104 | Wooden light fighting spear with dark band |
Spear
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 30-54-70/D3487 | 2-pronged fighting spear |
Spear
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
| 64-18-70/4537 | Fighting spear of dark wood with whitened woven band (al dege) |
Spear
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 32-68-70/D4074 | Fighting spear |
Spear
|
Boogardie
| |
| 63-29-70/4102 | Wooden light fighting spear with dark band |
Spear
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 63-29-70/4153 | Short, light-colored fighting spear |
Spear
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 63-29-70/4154 | Short, light-colored fighting spear |
Spear
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 64-18-70/4543 | Fighting spear of light wood with auraceria bark band |
Spear
|
New Guinea
Indonesia |