Arrowhead
78-6-4B
From: New Guinea | Western Highlands, New Guinea (uncertain) | Mount Hagen (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 78-6-4B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Guinea | Western Highlands, New Guinea (uncertain) | Mount Hagen (uncertain) |
Date Made | Before 1977 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber |
Description | At the bottom of the head is a small cylindrical ring of woven fiber. There is another such ring part way up the head of the spear before the barbs are carved. There are nineteen sets of four barbs each. Tip is four sided. |
Credit Line | Gift of Eleanor Hughes Barber, 1978 |
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