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Object Number
00-8-70/55308
Display Title
Fighting arrows (rare)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Arrows, reed shaft fitted with wood points tipped with sting ray spines, fiber b
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Dimensions
Overall: 125.3 x 1 x 0.9 cm (49 5/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
00-8-70/55308/ 1131
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91-6-70/50638.5 | Arrows |
Arrow
|
Fiji
| |
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| 91-6-70/50638.1 | Arrows |
Arrow
|
Fiji
| |
|
| 91-6-70/50638.2 | Arrows |
Arrow
|
Fiji
| |
|
| 91-6-70/50638.3 | Arrows |
Arrow
|
Fiji
| |
|
| 91-6-70/50638.4 | Arrows |
Arrow
|
Fiji
| |
| 48-56-70/3098 | Short spear with sting rays and 3 point tips of human bone - very rare |
Spear
|
Vanuatu
Espiritu Santo Island | |
| 2005.1.105 | Arrow |
Arrow
| ||
| 40-12-70/1857 | Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points barbed & striped + |
Arrow
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 40-12-70/1865 | Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points; barbed & bound at + |
Arrow
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 40-12-70/1854 | Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points with barbs bound on + |
Arrow
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 40-12-70/1856 | Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points, barbed; tips bound + |
Arrow
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 40-12-70/1862.2 | Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points, carved, barbed & + |
Arrow
|
Bougainville Island
|