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Object Number 40-63-70/1975
Display Title Wooden spear with obsidian point - binding painted red and white with +
Descriptions
Inventory Description Club, flaring head with broken extension, raised circular pattern, round shaft,
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Admiralty Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 103.2 x 16 x 10.9 cm (40 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 40-63-70/1975

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