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Object Number 47-54-70/2624
Display Title Bone bird spear point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Point, small bone, tapered, pointed both ends, barbed one side
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand / <State> / <County> / <City> / Little Papanui
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 1 x 1 cm (2 3/8 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-54-70/2624 / D33.1170 / L.P.
Provenance
Exchange participant Otago Museum (1947)

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