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Object Number
94-14-70/50654
Display Title
Obsidian pointed spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, obsidian blade, carved and painted haft, 2 bone barbs, long shaft
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Materials
Wood, Obsidian, Pigment, Bone, Clay
Dimensions
Overall: 199.9 x 8.6 x 8.9 cm (78 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50654
Provenance
Intermediary
Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
(1894)
Collector
World's Columbian Expedition
Seller
James E. Wolfe
(1894)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94-14-70/50656 | Obsidian pointed spear |
Spear
|
Admiralty Islands
| |
| 94-14-70/50655 | Obsidian pointed spear |
Spear
|
Australia
| |
| 94-14-70/50657 | Obsidian pointed spear |
Spear
|
Australia
| |
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Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 04-51-70/64247 | Obsidian pointed spears |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 94-14-70/50658 | Obsidian pointed spear |
Spear
|
Australia
| |
| 31-32-70/D3747 | Spears with obsidian blades |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 18-20-70/D1257 | Spear with obsidian point |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 16-20-70/D425 | Obsidian pointed spear |
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Raw Material |
Papua New Guinea
| |
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|
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| |
| 05-2-70/64841.1 | Spear with obsidian point |
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|
Rapa Nui
| |
| 14-12-50/85547.2 | Spears, wood shaft, pointed ovoid incised metal blade, sm. barbs, metal wrapped |
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|
Sudan
|