Spear

29-50-463

From: New Guinea | Timbunke

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-463
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Timbunke
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Feather | Vegetable Fiber
Description

Shaft and head in one piece of jointed but solid wood. Latter grooved to simulate bamboo, and what would be the junction of head and shaft in a composite spear is marked by a cord lashing covering feathers.

Length 314 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 126 ; 3 - Other Number

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