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Partly made hunting arrows for flying fox - long bamboo shafts; 3 +
Partly made hunting arrows for flying fox - long bamboo shafts; 3 +
Object Number 40-12-70/1708.1
Display Title Partly made hunting arrows for flying fox - long bamboo shafts; 3 +
Descriptions
Object Description Partly made hunting arrows for flying fox - long bamboo shafts; 3 +
Inventory Description Spear, barbed multiprong wood points, incised pigmented reed shaft, fiber wrap
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood, Reed, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 171 x 4.4 x 4.6 cm (67 5/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1708.1

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