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Wooden light fighting spear with dark band
Wooden light fighting spear with dark band
Object Number 63-29-70/4102
Display Title Wooden light fighting spear with dark band
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden light fighting spear with dark band
Inventory Description Cylindrical wood shaft, tapered to flat point, woven fiber band, pigment
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Wood, Fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 479 x 3.1 x 3.2 cm (188 9/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63-29-70/4102

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