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Object Number
52-4-70/3557
Display Title
Arrowshaft
Descriptions
Object Description
Arrowshaft with fiber hafting, dark wood
Inventory Description
Arrows, barbed wood point, segmented woven fiber, reed shaft, feather and fiber
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chimbu?
- Mount Hagen?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
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Kundiawa
Additional Geographic Terms
Chim River; Wahgi River; Chim, on the; Wahgi, above confluence with
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 120 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm (47 1/4 x 11/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
52-4-70/3557
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