Spear

Museum number:

11-37658

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.1915

Description:

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)

Donor:

Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux

Collection place:

May River Tributary, Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

Collector:

Bruce D. Lawes

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Spears (weapons)

Function:

1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control

Accession date:

1964

Department:

Oceania