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Object Number
40-12-70/1786
Display Title
Wooden king spear - long barbs, elaborate painting and white-filled +
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, shaft covered with yellow, red plaited fiber, bone barbs, carved
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Buin
- Terei
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Bougainville Island
Materials
Wood, Fiber, Bone, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 313 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm (123 1/4 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-12-70/1786
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