Spear-thrower

Museum number:

11-37747

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Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

spearthrower; bamboo shaft; carved wood figure of bird attached near center with plaited rattan; wood knob near one end covered with plaited rattan; extensive area of surface blackened

Donor:

Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux

Collection place:

Malu village, Upper Sepik River, 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