Spear Thrower
84-2-80
From: New Guinea | Middle Sepik River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 84-2-80 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Middle Sepik River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Peel |
| Description | Spear thrower, spear rest in shape of hornbill (?) with incised designs (spirals, chevrons). Secured with plaited rings and lashings of peel: three plaited rings, two narrow, one broad. Shaft cracked at both ends, spear rest cracked through across bird's head. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
| Other Number | 718 - Other Number |
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