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Object Number
09-33-70/75432.1
Display Title
Fish spears
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, cylindrical wood handle, inlaid four-pronged head, fiber wrapped
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
Manus Province
/
Matty Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Materials
Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 235 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm (92 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75432.1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09-33-70/75431.2 | Fish spears |
Spear
|
Wuvulu Island
Matty Island | |
| 09-33-70/75431.1 | Fish spears |
Spear
|
Matty Island
Wuvulu Island | |
| 09-33-70/75432.2 | Fish spears |
Spear
|
Matty Island
Wuvulu Island | |
| 09-33-70/75430.1 | Fish spears |
Spear
|
Wuvulu Island
Matty Island | |
| 970-1-70/4750.2 | Spears/harpoons, light hollow wood bodies with thinner dark wood + |
Spear
|
West Irian
| |
| 91-6-70/50603.2 | Composite spear, 4 prong, barbed |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 27-63-60/D3120 | Wooden fish spears |
Spear
|
Andaman Islands
| |
| 09-33-70/75425.1 | Lances or dance spears |
Spear
|
Wuvulu Island
Matty Island | |
| 08-36-70/74213.3 | Spears with hard wood barbs, generally used for throwing |
Spear
|
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya | |
|
| 91-6-70/50603.1 | Composite spear, 4 prong, barbed |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
| 91-6-70/50605.1 | Composite Spear, 4 prong, barbed |
Spear
|
Queensland
| |
|
| 09-33-70/75425.2 | Lances or dance spears |
Spear
|
Wuvulu Island
Matty Island |