- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Spear carved from a single piece of wood. Each end tapers, the head is carved with backwards facing barbs with two forward facing barbs at the base of the head. [AB [OPS move] 9/7/2018]
- Geographical reference
- Manus Province Aua Island
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1921?, uncertain
- Date collected
- Probably 1921
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1924
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1889 mm, Diameter: max 20 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1924.51.22
1924.51.22
Spear carved from a single piece of wood. Each end tapers, the head is carved with backwards facing barbs with two forward facing barbs at the base of the head. [AB [OPS move] 9/7/2018]
1924.51.22
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