Spear

29-89-179

From: Solomon Islands | Southwestern Bougainville

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-89-179
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Telei
Provenience Solomon Islands | Southwestern Bougainville
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Bone | Peel | Plant Material | Pigment
Description

Compare 29-89-176. Upper group of barbs, 8 tiers; lower, 5 tiers. Bulge blackened. Incised ornament: cf. 29-89-176 for position of "knees". Body and limbs reduced to a series of parallel lines made up of curves and angles with steep sides; at one side this is midified into a pair of "pincers" above a boss.

Length 257 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Captain D. Lenz, 1917

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