Spear

Museum number:
11-3240
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110003240
Accession number:
Acc.932
Description:
wooden thrusting spear used in war, “ferai”; wood called “mano”
Donor:
Saul H. Riesenberg
Collection place:
Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
Culture or time period:
Micronesian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Manos (food mills)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-3240, described as wooden thrusting spear used in war, “ferai”; wood called “mano”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 11-3240, described as wooden thrusting spear used in war, “ferai”; wood called “mano”

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