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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-38363, described as Barbed spear

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-37872, described as spear, wood; carved in round with standing human figure as basic design element, located near center of shaft; treatment of figure partly openwork, with several breaks on associated wood pieces; painted red, white, black, ochre; 196 cm length

Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-40796, described as Spear, wooden - three deliberately cut pieces (sawed for shipping); one barb attached with twine to tip of spear; brown stain; three yellow painted bands below barb; used in hunting, also for fighting.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-37658, described as Spear, double-ended, for fighting; one of the three parts; palm wood, carved relief designs and rattan bindings near grip-in center; one tip broken off; 254 cm. 1; (see 11-37659, 11-37660 for other parts)

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-37660, described as Spear, double-ended, for fighting; one of the three parts; palm wood, carved relief designs and rattan bindings near grip-in center; 193.1 cm. 1.; (see 11-37658, 11-37659 for other parts)

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-37659, described as Spear, double-ended, for fighting; one of the three parts; palm wood, carved relief designs and rattan bindings near grip-in center; one tip bound; 230 cm 1.; (see 11-37658, 11-37660 for other parts)

Hearst Museum object titled Spear shaft, accession number 11-37826, described as spear shaft; carved palm wood (yaman), with approximately one half of length covered with low relief incised designs on three “swollen” segments of central part of shaft: zig-zags, curved lines, and insect forms; no point

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Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-37872, described as spear, wood; carved in round with standing human figure as basic design element, located near center of shaft; treatment of figure partly openwork, with several breaks on associated wood pieces; painted red, white, black, ochre; 196 cm length

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Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-40796, described as Spear, wooden - three deliberately cut pieces (sawed for shipping); one barb attached with twine to tip of spear; brown stain; three yellow painted bands below barb; used in hunting, also for fighting.

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Hearst Museum object titled Spear shaft, accession number 11-37826, described as spear shaft; carved palm wood (yaman), with approximately one half of length covered with low relief incised designs on three “swollen” segments of central part of shaft: zig-zags, curved lines, and insect forms; no point

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