Spear

73-18-30

From: New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 73-18-30
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Cane (plant) | Metal | Vegetable Fiber | Pigment
Description

Red spear. At basal end is small hard wood notch lashed with string. Reed is cracked and a small amount of string was used to hold it together. At sharp end a thinner hardwood tip is again lashed with string. This is 26cm. from the end of its lashing to the tip of the point. Finally at the very end is a single barbed metal tip, lashed with string and coated with a black resin.

Length 148.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Watson Kitner, 1973
Other Number 17 - Other Number

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