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97-120-1007

From: New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 97-120-1007
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo | Wood | Peel
Description

Hardwood point, having three broad bands of red paint, these outlined by bands of black lines. Between the red band near the point and the one at the center there is a decoration of three diamond-shaped figures encircling the arrow-point. This point is inserted in a cane shaft, the insertion hidden by a broad band of plant fiber covered with white clay.

Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-120-1007 - Old Museum Number | unknown - ANSP Number

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