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Object Number
47-54-70/2479
Display Title
Spear with barbs made from phalanges of flying fox, two bands of plait+
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, wood shaft, plaited yellow, orange fiber, bone barbs, incised, 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, Pigment, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 314 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm (123 5/8 x 1 1/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-54-70/2479
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