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Object Number
40-12-70/1785
Display Title
Wooden king spear - short barbs, elaborate painting on point, shaft +
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, shaft covered with red, yellow plaited, carved, pigment, barbs
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Buin
- Terei
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Bougainville Island
Materials
Wood, Fiber, Bone, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 286.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm (112 13/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-12-70/1785
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