Large spear with wooden shaft and 8 barbed wooden points

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Object Number 36-105-70/477

Display Title Large spear with wooden shaft and 8 barbed wooden points

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical shaft, eight pronged barbed point, braided reed wrapped

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Nor-Papua

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory; Kaup, on coast; Sepik River, 40 mi. west of

Materials Wood, Reed

Dimensions Overall: 299 x 3 x 3 cm (117 11/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 36-105-70/477

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