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Fish Spear

Object Number:P1060
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Borneo
Dutch West Borneo
Kapuas River
Putus Sibau
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Wood
Rattan
Metal
Plant Fiber
Length: 97.4 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

Description

Pengayan. Undecorated wooden rod, pointed at one end. Reed with plant fiber string attached at one end, socketed fishhook attached to the string.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

The Dayaks: Peoples of the Borneo Rain Forest (Furness, Hiller, Harrison Borneo Collection) (25 Feb 1989 - 01 Jul 1990) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Manuscript] Hiller, Hiram M. Hiller Journal Voyage II Book IV.. pg. 1-104 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 97View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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