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Bamboo arrow ("pom") with hardwood point used for birds, kangaroos
Bamboo arrow ("pom") with hardwood point used for birds, kangaroos
Object Number 39-17-70/1189
Display Title Bamboo arrow ("pom") with hardwood point used for birds, kangaroos
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Pom
Object Description Bamboo arrow ("pom") with hardwood point used for birds, kangaroos, +
Inventory Description Arrow, pyro-engraved bamboo shaft, barbed, tapered wood point, fiber wrapped ban
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Materials Bamboo, Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 141 x 1 x 1 cm (55 1/2 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1189

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