Spear

29-50-472

From: New Guinea | Kanduonum (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-472
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Kanduonum (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Fur | Feather | Peel | Vegetable Fiber
Description

Wooden. Flattened (on one side) and pointed rod with butt inserted in section of bamboo. Applied ornament (on rear part of solid shaft): basketwork, cus-cus fur, dark feathers, red feathers, white feathers, dark feathers, red feathers; basketwork tube covering insertion of butt in bamboo.

Length 235 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 134 ? - Other Number

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