Spear shaft

Museum number:
11-37826
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
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
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
Abelam
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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 pointHearst Museum object 2 of 2 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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