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1895.52.9

Shaft for a spear, missing the obsidian blade. [MdeA [OPS move] 12/10/2018]

1895.52.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Shaft for a spear, missing the obsidian blade. [MdeA [OPS move] 12/10/2018]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source William Downing Webster
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1895
Date collected
By 1895
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1895
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Clay, Process Decorated, Process Painted, Process Socketed, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 1553 mm, Depth: max 20 mm, Width: max 44 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1895.52.9

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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