Long spear with barbs and incised polychrome designs

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Object Number 46-78-70/2401

Display Title Long spear with barbs and incised polychrome designs

Descriptions

Object Description Long spear with barbs and incised polychrome designs

Inventory Description Spear, carved designs, white pigment, tapered barbed point, fiber

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Fiji

Materials Wood, Pigment, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 251 x 3.4 x 3.5 cm (98 13/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 46-78-70/2401

Provenance

Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (01/01/1880-01/01/1900)

Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (11/27/1946)

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