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Object Number
47-54-70/2476
Display Title
Spear with barbs made from phalanges of flying fox, two bands of plait+
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, wood shaft, plaited fiber band, fiber tufts, bone barbs, pigment
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Solomon islands
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<State>
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Bougainville Island
Materials
Wood, Fiber, Bone, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 299 x 3 x 3 cm (117 11/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-54-70/2476, D 45.790, Solomons
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