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Object Number 51-32-70/3493
Display Title Bamboo shaft with hardwood point
Descriptions
Object Description Bamboo shaft with hardwood point
Inventory Description Spear, bamboo shaft, carved tapered wood point
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / South Australia
Materials Bamboo, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 134 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm (52 3/4 x 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-32-70/3493, South Australia
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition (06/26/1951)
Collector N.B. Tindale
Collector Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell

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