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1900.55.467

Spear head or dagger with wooden handle showing carved crocodile heads. Blade is of two sting ray spines. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/11/2004]

1900.55.467

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spear head or dagger with wooden handle showing carved crocodile heads. Blade is of two sting ray spines. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 19/11/2004]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Anchorite Island Bismarck Archipelago
Person
Field collector Norman Heywood Hardy
PRM source Robert Francis Wilkins
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
By 1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 1900
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Stingray Spine Fish, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 322 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.55.467 Other numbers: 467

Search terms: Weapon, Figure, Spear-head, Dagger, Animal Figure