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Object Number 46-78-70/2404
Display Title Large wooden spear with 8 rows of barbs
Descriptions
Object Description Large wooden spear with 8 rows of barbs
Inventory Description Spear, dark wood, tapered shaft, carved elongated point, multi-barbed, fiber
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 279 x 5 x 5 cm (109 13/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-78-70/2404
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (01/01/1880-01/01/1900)
Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (11/27/1946)

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