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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
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Solomon islands
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<State>
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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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