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1933.80.7

Spear of wood with fish spine barbs and a cassowary claw at the tip. The barbs are bound to the shaft with sennit and plant fibre strips. [AB [OPS move] 17/8/2018]

1933.80.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear of wood with fish spine barbs and a cassowary claw at the tip. The barbs are bound to the shaft with sennit and plant fibre strips. [AB [OPS move] 17/8/2018]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago New Britain
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source James Thomas Hooper
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1933
Materials and processes
Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Bird Claw, Material Plant Fibre, Material Fish, Material Fish Bone, Material Fish Skin, Process Carved, Process Bound
Dimensions
Depth: max 32 mm, Length: max 2898 mm, Width: max 169 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1933.80.7

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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