Spear
29-89-179
From: Solomon Islands | Southwestern Bougainville
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-89-179 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Telei |
| Provenience | Solomon Islands | Southwestern Bougainville |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Bone | Peel | Plant Material | Pigment |
| Description | Compare 29-89-176. Upper group of barbs, 8 tiers; lower, 5 tiers. Bulge blackened. Incised ornament: cf. 29-89-176 for position of "knees". Body and limbs reduced to a series of parallel lines made up of curves and angles with steep sides; at one side this is midified into a pair of "pincers" above a boss. |
| Length | 257 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917 |
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