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Spear with barbs made from phalanges of flying fox and from thorn +
Spear with barbs made from phalanges of flying fox and from thorn +
Object Number 47-54-70/2475
Display Title Spear with barbs made from phalanges of flying fox and from thorn +
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, wood point, bone barbs, red/ yellow woven fiber wrap, white carvings
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood, Fiber, Pigment, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 317.7 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm (125 1/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2475

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