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Object Number 40-12-70/1858
Display Title Wooden king spear - long carved barbs; elaborate carved decoration +
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, two sets of four barbs, incised designs, woven wrapping
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Rotoke
  • Nasigo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Dimensions Overall: 235 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm (92 1/2 x 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1858

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