Object name: Spear-thrower / Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Culture or time period: Melanesian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-37755, described as spearthrower; bamboo shaft split and carved; carved wood figure of bird attached near center with plaited rattan; other rattan plaiting near one end

Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-37752, described as spearthrower; bamboo shaft is split and carved; carved wood figure of long-billed bird attached near center with plaited rattan; carved wood knob attached near one end with plaited rattan; surface darkened with soot

Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-37757, described as spearthrower; bamboo shaft is split and carved; carved wood reptile-like figure attached near center with plaited rattan; rattan knob near one end

Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-37754, described as spearthrower; bamboo shaft is split and carved; carved wood figure (a fish?) attached near center with plaited rattan; wood knob near one end is covered with rattan attached in same fashion as fish-figure

Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-37756, described as spearthrower; bamboo shaft split and carved; carved wood figure of bird (wood is cracked) attached near center with plaited rattan; four-leaf clover motif carved on both sides of bird, painted red

Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 11-37753, described as spearthrower; bamboo shaft is split and carved; carved wood figure of bird (beak broken) attached near center with plaited rattan; wood knob near one end covered with same plaited material and attached in same fashion as bird