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Object Number
94-14-70/50655
Display Title
Obsidian pointed spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, obsidian blade, carved and painted haft, tapered wood and reed shaft
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
Materials
Wood, Reed, Obsidian, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 178.7 x 5.5 x 3.2 cm (70 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50655
Provenance
Intermediary
Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
Provenance
New South Wales Commission, World's Columbian Exposition
Seller
Donated by
James E. Wolfe
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94-14-70/50657 | Obsidian pointed spear |
Spear
|
Australia
| |
| 94-14-70/50656 | Obsidian pointed spear |
Spear
|
Admiralty Islands
| |
| 94-14-70/50654 | Obsidian pointed spear |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 04-51-70/64247 | Obsidian pointed spears |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 18-20-70/D1234 | Spear, double obsidian point, bamboo shaft |
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 |
Spear
Raw Material |
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 05-2-70/64841.1 | Spear with obsidian point |
Spear
|
Rapa Nui
| |
| 03-3-30/75484 | Spear, barbed wood point on painted reed shaft, woven fiber haft, w/ quills |
Spear
| ||
| 2003.1.1435 | Spear, carved wood point, barbed decoration, reed shaft, woven fiber at haft |
Spear
|
Africa
|