Spear-thrower

Museum number:

11-37751

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Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

spearthrower; bamboo shaft is split and carved; triangular carved wood figure, attached towards one end, has face on either side with perforated eyes, bulbous nose and “anchor” mouth; this figure and wood knob attached with plaited rattan

Donor:

Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux

Collection place:

Yambon Village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Culture or time period:

Manambu

Collector:

Bruce D. Lawes

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Plaited weaving and Woomeras (spear-throwers)

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

1964

Department:

Oceania