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Object Number 46-78-70/2403
Display Title Very large wooden spear with 2 sections of barbs near point, divided +
Descriptions
Object Description Very large wooden spear with 2 sections of barbs near point, divided +
Inventory Description Spear, cylindrical wood shaft, multi-tiered head, barbed, fiber wrapped foreshaf
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 282 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm (111 x 3 x 3 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-78-70/2403, #43.
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (01/01/1880-01/01/1900)
Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (11/27/1946)

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