Spear
29-50-433
From: New Guinea | Tschepandei
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-433 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Tschepandei |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cane (plant) | Wood | Bone | Vegetable Fiber |
| Description | Carved wooden head (carrying a vertebra of an animal) inserted in cane shaft and secured by tube of basketwork. Finsch found in the neighborhood of C. della Torre "javelins which were ornamented by having the vertebra of a cassowary pushed on behind the point." |
| Length | 163 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 135 - Other Number |
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