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Spear - slender bamboo shaft and broad curved bamboo blade
Spear - slender bamboo shaft and broad curved bamboo blade
Object Number 36-105-70/484
Display Title Spear - slender bamboo shaft and broad curved bamboo blade
Descriptions
Object Description Spear - slender bamboo shaft and broad curved bamboo blade; all +
Inventory Description Spear, bamboo shaft, long curved blade, painted designs, wrapped plant fiber
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nor-Papua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory; Kaup, 150-200 mi. Northwest of
Materials Bamboo, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 165.5 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm (65 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-105-70/484

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