Fish Spear
50-49-1413
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-1413 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bamboo | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Tapered cane shaft butt diagonally truncated to blunt point; distal segment split at 11 points to receive points of needle sharp bamboo, each with single shoulder projecting inwards above tang; an additional bamboo point, shouldered on both sides, mounted in a tubular section of cane inserted in canter of point cluster; all held by coarse light colored twine. |
| Length | 150 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
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