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Object Number
00-8-70/55311
Display Title
Na-motu-vai - spear with point of ray sting
Descriptions
Object Description
Na-motu-vai - spear with point of ray sting
Inventory Description
Spear, tapered to ends, stingray spine point, braided fiber bindings, white bead
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Dimensions
Overall: 311 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm (122 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
00-8-70 55311
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-20-70/D1235 | Spear with 9 sting rays at point |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 48-56-70/3098 | Short spear with sting rays and 3 point tips of human bone - very rare |
Spear
|
Vanuatu
Espiritu Santo Island | |
| 48-56-70/3080 | Long plaited wooden spear with sting rays and long handle |
Spear
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 18-20-70/D1238 | Dagger, obsidian point, 2 small ray stings |
Raw Material
Dagger |
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Spine of sting ray
| 91-8-20/C2007 | Spine of sting ray |
Faunal Remain
|
Cave of Loltun
| |
| 18-20-70/D1186 | Dagger with point of sting-ray |
Dagger
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Spines of sting ray
| 91-8-20/C1981 | Spines of sting ray |
Faunal Remain
|
Cave of Loltun
| |
| 00-8-70/55696 | Spear pointed with ray spine |
Spear
|
Truk Island
| |
| 99-12-30/53436 | Arrow with sting of sting ray for point |
Spear
|
South America
| |
| 00-8-70/55310 | Na-motu - straight spear |
Spear
|
Fiji
| |
| 48-56-70/3079 | Long plaited wooden spear with sting rays and long handle |
Spear
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 48-56-70/3081 | Plaited wooden spear with sting rays - handle sawed off |
Spear
|
Bougainville Island
|