Very large wooden spear with 4 rows of barbs

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Object Number 46-78-70/2402

Display Title Very large wooden spear with 4 rows of barbs

Descriptions

Object Description Very large wooden spear with 4 rows of barbs

Inventory Description Spear, tapered wood shaft, carved tiered barbed point, fiber wrapping, pigmented

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Fiji

Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 281.8 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm (110 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 46-78-70/2402; 645

Provenance

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

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

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46-78-70/2386	Long arrow with four rows of bone barbs at point, bamboo shaft	Arrow	Solomon islands
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46-78-70/2368.1	Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+	Spear	Papua New Guinea
46-78-70/2368.4	Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+	Spear	Papua New Guinea
46-78-70/2368.3	Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+	Spear	Papua New Guinea
46-78-70/2347	Broken wooden spear with 4 barbs on one side	Spear	Wuvulu Island Matty Island
40-12-70/1859	Wooden spear - 4 barbs below point; swelling at base of point holds +	Spear	Bougainville Island
46-78-70/2368.2	Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+	Spear	Papua New Guinea
40-12-70/1858	Wooden king spear - long carved barbs; elaborate carved decoration +	Raw Material Spear	Bougainville Island

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