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1900.71.15

Spear with wooden shaft and two wooden barbed points. At the mid-shaft is a bulbous section of white painted ?resin with seeds decorating the surface. [RH [OPS move] 16/7/2018]

1900.71.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear with wooden shaft and two wooden barbed points. At the mid-shaft is a bulbous section of white painted ?resin with seeds decorating the surface. [RH [OPS move] 16/7/2018]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Admiralty Islands Bismarck Archipelago
Cultural groups
Maipua
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source William Downing Webster
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
By 1900
Acquisition information
Purchased: 07/1900
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Resin Plant, Material Pigment, Material Coix Seed Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Glued, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length: max 2054 mm, Width: max 40 mm, Depth: max 35 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.71.15 Other numbers: 5672

Search terms: Weapon, Spear

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