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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