Long carved wooden spear with carved cane handle

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Object Number 48-56-70/3093

Display Title Long carved wooden spear with carved cane handle

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, carved, incised shaft, white pigment, fiber wrapped, hair?, pointed

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Solomon islands

Materials Wood, Fiber, Pigment, Hair?

Dimensions Overall: 232 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm (91 5/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 48-56-70/3093

Provenance

Collector Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)

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46-78-70/2368.3	Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+	Spear	Papua New Guinea
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