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Point of wooden spear, called kakar - used in puberty ceremony. +
Point of wooden spear, called kakar - used in puberty ceremony. +
Object Number 36-105-70/463
Display Title Point of wooden spear, called kakar - used in puberty ceremony. +
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kakar
Object Description Point of wooden spear, called kakar - used in puberty ceremony. +
Inventory Description Spearpoint, multiple barbs, ridged, broken, brown pigment, burnt
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 78 x 7 x 4 cm (30 11/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-105-70/463

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