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Spears
Object Number 91-6-70/50622
Display Title Spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, carved wood, tapered to point, plant fiber with white pigment wrapped
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Ireland?
Materials Wood, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 235 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm (92 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 91-6-70/50622
Provenance
Seller A. P. Goodwin

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Hunting and war spears, stone pointed
30-54-70/D3482.2 Hunting and war spears, stone pointed
Spear
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Northern Territory
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46-78-70/2325.1 Spears or arrows of bamboo shafts and black wooden points, in bad +
Spear
Malaysia
Spears or arrows of bamboo shafts and black wooden points, in bad +
46-78-70/2325.4 Spears or arrows of bamboo shafts and black wooden points, in bad +
Spear
Malaysia
Spears or arrows of bamboo shafts and black wooden points, in bad +
46-78-70/2325.3 Spears or arrows of bamboo shafts and black wooden points, in bad +
Spear
Malaysia
Spears or arrows of bamboo shafts and black wooden points, in bad +
46-78-70/2325.2 Spears or arrows of bamboo shafts and black wooden points, in bad +
Spear
Malaysia
Barbed wooden spears
30-54-70/D3484.4 Barbed wooden spears
Spear
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Barbed wooden spears
30-54-70/D3484.5 Barbed wooden spears
Spear
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
Hunting and war spears, stone pointed
30-54-70/D3482.3 Hunting and war spears, stone pointed
Spear
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
46-78-70/2368.4 Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Spear
Papua New Guinea
Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
46-78-70/2368.3 Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Spear
Papua New Guinea
Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
46-78-70/2368.1 Spears with dark wooden heads with barbs, and cane shafts with incised+
Spear
Papua New Guinea
Spears, barbed wood points, 1 missing, wrapped with plant fiber
41-79-30/2993.1 Spears, barbed wood points, 1 missing, wrapped with plant fiber
Spear