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Object Number 36-105-70/479

Display Title Spear - wooden shaft with reed toggle for throwing and broad grooved +

Descriptions

Object Description Spear - wooden shaft with reed toggle for throwing and broad grooved +

Inventory Description Spear, wood shaft, braided, wrapped reed, feather tassle, flat point

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, Feather

Dimensions Overall: 280 x 5 x 2.5 cm (110 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 1 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 36-105-70/479

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46-78-30/5614	Arrow of reed shaft and dark brown wooden point with bone tip	Spear	Brazil
36-105-70/477	Large spear with wooden shaft and 8 barbed wooden points	Spear	New Guinea
46-78-30/5615	Arrow of brown reed shaft and black wooden point with wooden barbs	Spear	Brazil
50-77-30/7338	Long arrow - reed shaft, long set-in wooden tip, barbed on 4 edges	Spear	Colombia
50-77-30/7336	Long arrow - reed shaft, short set-in wooden tip, barbed on two edges	Spear	Colombia
50-77-30/7337	Long arrow - reed shaft, long set-in wooden tip, barbed on two edges	Spear	Colombia
2004.1.271	Spears, miniature, reed shaft, pointed reed or horn? spear heads, wrappings	Spear	Oceania
50-77-30/7335	Long arrow - reed shaft, long set-in wooden tip, barbed on one edge	Spear	Colombia

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