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Spear
Object Number 91-6-70/50631
Display Title Spear
Descriptions
Object Description Spear
Inventory Description Spear, wood shaft, plaited fiber, tufted band, carved, white pigment, bone barbs
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Wood, Fiber, Pigment, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 333.5 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm (131 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50631
Provenance
Seller A. P. Goodwin

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Spear
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Spear
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Spear
Bougainville Island
Spear
91-6-70/50629 Spear
Spear
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Media Restricted
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Spear
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Spear
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47-54-70/2477 Spear with barbs made from phalanges of flying fox
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Spear
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Spear
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Spear
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