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Object Number
94-14-70/50657
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: 170.6 x 6.3 x 3 cm (67 3/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50657
Provenance
Provenance
New South Wales Commission, World's Columbian Exposition
Intermediary
Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam
Seller
Donated by
James E. Wolfe
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94-14-70/50655 | 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
| ||
| 05-2-70/64841.2 | Spears with obsidian points |
Spear
|
Rapa Nui
|