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Object Number
40-12-70/1788
Display Title
Wooden king spear - long barbs, covered with basketry work
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, red, yellow plaited fiber, covered shaft, carved, pigment, bone barbs
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Terei
- Buin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Bougainville Island
Materials
Wood, Fiber, Pigment, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 257.2 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm (101 1/4 x 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-12-70/1788
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