Spear Thrower

29-50-449

From: New Guinea | Klinyam

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-449
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Klinyam
Section Oceanian
Materials Bamboo
Description

Bamboo. Crocodile type of javelin "guide." Crocodile's head raised; beneath jaw a carved openwork pattern of chevrons. Wooden handle-butt missing.

Length 78 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 458 - Other Number

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