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Object Number
69-20-70/1313
Display Title
Spear head
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spearhead, four tapered prongs, one longer central prong encircled by three shorter curved prongs, wood prongs edged with rows of shark's teeth that are perforated and attached with fiber cordage, textured skin perforated and tied around base and handle with fiber cordage
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
Additional Geographic Terms
Kingsmill Islands
Materials
Wood , Shark tooth , Fiber , Sharkskin
Dimensions
Overall: 84.8 × 25.5 × 8.3 cm (33 3/8 × 10 1/16 × 3 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
1313
Provenance
Donor
Boston Marine Society
(1869)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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Spear
|
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| |
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Spear
|
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| |
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Spear
|
Kaimosi
| |
| 91-6-70/50605.1 | Composite Spear, 4 prong, barbed |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 00-8-70/55309 | Spear with 4 points |
Spear
|
Fiji
| |
|
| 91-6-70/50605.2 | Spear shaft |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 91-6-70/50605.3 | Composite Spear, 4 iron prongs |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 79-33-70/18856 | Spear, with 4 rows of shark's teeth |
Spear
|
Oceania
| |
| 91-6-70/50646 | Spears |
Spear
|
Niue
| |
| 91-6-70/50646.1 | Spear, 2 carved wood barbed points at 1 end, wood shaft, fiber haft |
Spear
|
Niue
|