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Wooden king spear with protective covering
Wooden king spear with protective covering
Object Number 40-12-70/1791
Display Title Wooden king spear with protective covering
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, shaft with plaited red, yellow fiber, pigment, barbs, leaf covering, pigm
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Terei
  • Buin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood, Fiber, Pigment, Plant leaf
Dimensions Overall: 307.5 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm (121 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1791

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