Bamboo spear with carved wooden point

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Object Number 47-73-70/2862

Display Title Bamboo spear with carved wooden point

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, bamboo shaft, tapered wood point, barbed

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Derbaub; Sepik River, on coast near mouth of

Materials Bamboo, Wood

Dimensions Overall: 246 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (96 7/8 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 47-73-70/2862, Spea / Village / cost / W.L. Moss

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