Obsidian pointed spear

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Object Number 94-14-70/50656

Display Title Obsidian pointed spear

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spear, obsidian blade, carved and painted haft, tapered shaft

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Admiralty Islands

Materials Wood, Obsidian, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 187 x 6 x 3.1 cm (73 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 50656

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
94-14-70/50655	Obsidian pointed spear	Spear	Australia
94-14-70/50657	Obsidian pointed spear	Spear	Australia
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
94-57-10/R426	Obsidian pointed arrows; the shafts of each set of arrows have like decorations;	Arrow	United States
94-57-10/R429	Arrows pointed with mottled obsidian, red & black; the shafts of each set of arr	Arrow	United States

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